Big guns in the Atlantic : Germany's battleships and cruisers raid the convoys, 1939-41
Konstam, Angus2021
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At the outbreak of World War II the German Kriegsmarine still had a relatively small U-boat arm. To reach Britain's convoy routes in the North Atlantic, these boats had to pass around the top of the British Isles - a long and dangerous voyage to their 'hunting grounds'. Germany's larger surface warships were much better suited to this kind of long-range operation. So, during late 1939 the armoured cruiser Deutschland, and later the battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were used as commerce raiders, to strike at Allied convoys in the North Atlantic. Covering a fascinating and detailed analysis of the Kriegsmarine's Atlantic raids between 1939 and 1941, this book will appeal to readers interested in World War II and in particular in Germany's naval operations.
Main title:
Big guns in the Atlantic : Germany's battleships and cruisers raid the convoys, 1939-41 / Angus Konstam ; illustrated by Edouard A. Groult.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2021.
Collation:
80 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Raid ; 55.
ISBN:
9781472845962 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.5'45943940.545943
Language:
English
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BRN:
3174141
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