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False Flags - Disguised German Raiders of World War II (Paperback)
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False Flags - Disguised German Raiders of World War II (Paperback)
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List price R410
Loot Price R351
Discovery Miles 3 510
You Save R59 (14%)
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Now available in paperback, False Flags tells the epic untold story
of German raider voyages to the South Seas during the early years
of World War II. In 1940 the raiders Orion, Komet, Pinguin, and
Kormoran left Germany and waged a "pirate war" in the South Seas as
part of Germany's strategy to attack the British Empire's maritime
trade on a global scale. Their extraordinary voyages spanned the
globe and are maritime sagas in the finest tradition of seafaring.
The four raiders voyaged across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian
oceans as well as the Arctic and Antarctic. They sank or captured
62 ships in a forgotten naval war that is now being told in its
entirety for the first time. The Orion and Komet terrorised the
South Pacific and New Zealand waters before Pearl Harbor when the
war was supposed to be far away. The Pinguin sank numerous Allied
merchant ships in the Indian Ocean before mining the approaches to
Australian ports and capturing the Norwegian whaling fleet in
Antarctica. The Kormoran raided the Atlantic but will always be
remembered for sinking the Australian cruiser Sydney off Western
Australia, killing all 645 sailors on board in tragic
circumstances. False Flags is also the story of the Allied sailors
who encountered these raiders and fought suicidal battles against a
superior foe as well as the men, women and children who endured
captivity on board the raiders as prisoners of the Third Reich.
False Flags is an engrossing tale that will appeal to not only
military experts, but also to anyone interested in Maritime
History.
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