Big Guns In The Atlantic: Germany’s Battleships And Cruisers Raid Convoys 1939–41 Angus Konstam Osprey Publishing Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

At The Outbreak Of World War Ii German Kriegsmarine Still Had A Relatively Small U-Boat Arm To Reach Britain\ S Convoy Routes In North Atlantic These Boats Pass Around Top British Isles - Long And Dangerous Voyage Their \ Hunting Grounds\ Germany\ Larger Surface Warships Were Much Better Suited This Kind Long-Range Operation So During Late 1939 Armoured Cruiser Deutschland Later Battlecruisers Scharnhorst Gneisenau Used As Commerce Raiders Strike Allied Convoys Sorties Met With Mixed Results But For Naval High Command They Showed That Potential Then Fall France Denmark Norway Early 1940 Dramatically Altered Strategic Situation Was Now Far Easier Escape From Further Moderately Successful Made By Cruisers Admiral Scheer Hipper End Year Mercantile Losses Mounting U-Boats Plans Developed Raid First Using Both Two Climax Berlin Kriegsmarine\ Largest Most Wide-Ranging Sortie Remained Sea Months Destroying 22 Merchant Ships Severely Disrupting Lifeline When Ended Commander Lütjens Ordered Repeat His Success Time Brand New Battleship Bismarck Rest Say Is History Earlier Raids Demonstrated Could Be Highly Effective Those Willing See Though Also Just How Risky Strategy Covering Fascinating Detailed Analysis Kriegsmarine’s Between 1941 Book Will Appeal Readers Interested Particular Germany’s Operations Σελίδες: 80 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1102 Διαστάσεις: 18 4X18 4Cm