Kriegsmarine U Boats 1939 45 1

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780966148
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45 (1) written by Gordon Williamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This, the first of two volumes on Germany's World War II U-boats, traces their development from the early U-boats of the Kaiser's Navy, the prohibition on Germany having U-boats following the Armistice in 1918 and the subsequent Treaty of Versailles, the secret development of U-boats using a 'cover-firm' in Holland, culminating in the formation of the 1st U-boat Flotilla in 1935 with the modern Type II. The operational history section includes examples from the Classes Type VIIA, Type VIIB, VIID, VIIE and VIIF before concentrating on the mainstay of the U-boat arm, the Type VIIC. Comparisons are also made with the standard allied submarines, their strengths, weaknesses and U-boat tactics.

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781841763644
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45 (2) written by Gordon Williamson and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2002-07-25 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title follows from New Vanguard 51: Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45 (1) and charts the continuing development of the U-boat in German service, including the evolution of the Type IX as a long range 'cruiser' intended for solo operations in distant waters. Also covered is the revolutionary Type XXI, conceived of in 1942 and launched in April 1944, the first true submarine rather than submersible, whose arrival was just too late to influence the war. Other vessels covered are the Type XXIII, a small vessel armed with only two torpedoes but technically highly advanced, and the Type X minelayers, which were rarely used in their intended role and more often used as supply boats.

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178096661X
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45 (2) written by Gordon Williamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title follows from New Vanguard 51: Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45 (1) and charts the continuing development of the U-boat in German service, including the evolution of the Type IX as a long range 'cruiser' intended for solo operations in distant waters. Also covered is the revolutionary Type XXI, conceived of in 1942 and launched in April 1944, the first true submarine rather than submersible, whose arrival was just too late to influence the war. Other vessels covered are the Type XXIII, a small vessel armed with only two torpedoes but technically highly advanced, and the Type X minelayers, which were rarely used in their intended role and more often used as supply boats.

Author : Chris Bishop
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781904687962
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939-45 written by Chris Bishop and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with detailed artworks, this book is a comprehensive guide to the submarine arm of the German navy in World War II. Uniquely divided by flotilla, this book offers a complete breakdown of U-boat units, from the beginning of the war through the last days of the Reich.

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780965729
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U-boats of the Kaiser's Navy written by Gordon Williamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As was the case in World War II, one of the greatest threats to Britain during World War I was the German U-boat menace. This book traces the development of the U-boat threat from the Brandtaucher, designed by Wilhelm Bauer, the father of the German submarine arm, in 1850, through to the commissioning of Germany's first U-boat to go into service, the U-1, in 1906. It then covers the main types of World War I U-boat, detailing the operational history of the U-boat service in depth, with a particular focus on the campaigns in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, as well as the slow build up of anti-submarine measures by the allies.

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780969759
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U-boat Tactics in World War II written by Gordon Williamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of the war, German U-boat technology vastly out performed that possessed by the Allies, and under the pressure of the war continual development helped keep pace with wartime needs and improvements in anti-submarine weaponry. But it was not just the technology that had to change. German U-boat tactics evolved over time. Used in a variety of roles, from coastal patrolling through to the combined actions of convey-hunting 'wolf packs', the tactics used by U-Boats were diverse. This book analyses how the U-boats dominated the seas thanks to their innovative and daring tactical deployment, and how the cracking of the Enigma code effectively hamstrung them, greatly reducing their impact, a problem that even their advanced tactics failed to solve.

Author : Chris Bishop
Publisher : Spellmount, Limited Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781862273528
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kriegsmarine U Boats 1939-45 written by Chris Bishop and published by Spellmount, Limited Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divided by flotilla, this book offers an organizational breakdown of U-boat units. Each chapter includes a compact history of the U-boat flotilla's role and impact on the course of the conflict. Packed with colour profiles of major types of German U-boat, it is a guide for modellers, military historians and naval warfare enthusiasts alike.

Author : Daniel Morgan
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 184832118X
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U-Boat Attack Logs written by Daniel Morgan and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-09 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Second World War over 250 Allied warships from a dozen navies were sent to the bottom by German U-boats. This ground-breaking study provides a detailed analysis of every sinking for which source material survives from both the Allied and the German sides, resulting in detailed treatment of the fate of 110 vessels, with the remainder summarised in an extensive appendix. Uniquely, each entry is built around a specialist translation of the relevant segment of the war diary (log) of the U-boat in question, taken directly from the surviving originals – remarkably, this represents the first large-scale publication of the U-boat war diaries in any language. The book offers a wealth of new information, not only with respect to the circumstances of the sinkings from both the Allied and German perspectives, but also to the technical environment in which they lived as well as the fate of the crews. The entries include background details on the vessels concerned and the men involved, with a selection of rare and carefully chosen photos from archives and collections around the world. Each entry is itself a compelling narrative, but is backed with a list of sources consulted, including documents, published works and websites. A decade in the making, this is probably the most important book on the U-boat war to be published for many a year

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Kriegsmarine U-boats, 1939-45 written by Gordon Williamson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780966164
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German E-boats 1939–45 written by Gordon Williamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the outbreak of World War II, Germany had done much to replace the Kaiser's High Seas Fleet, which was scuttled following their surrender at the end of World War I. Forced to build anew, the Kriegsmarine possessed some of the most technically advanced warships in existence. Although the heavy units of the fleet were too small in number to pose much of a threat, Germany was particularly well served by her Navy's smaller vessels, in particular the U-Boats and the S-Boats. Known to the allies as the E-Boats ('Enemy'), they performed sterling duties in the Black Sea and English Channel, where they became a particular scourge.