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Author : Léonce Peillard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Laconia (Steamship, built 1922)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105080727121
Author : James P. Duffy
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803245402
Originally published: Santa Barbara, California: Praeger/ABC-CLIO, 2009.
Author : Jonathan Dimbleby
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190495879
"The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril," wrote Winston Churchill in his monumental history of World War Two. Churchill's fears were well-placed-the casualty rate in the Atlantic was higher than in any other theater of the entire war. The enemy was always and constantly there and waiting, lying just over the horizon or lurking beneath the waves. In many ways, the Atlantic shipping lanes, where U-boats preyed on American ships, were the true front of the war. England's very survival depended on assistance from the United States, much of which was transported across the ocean by boat. The shipping lanes thus became the main target of German naval operations between 1940 and 1945. The Battle of the Atlantic and the men who fought it were therefore crucial to both sides. Had Germany succeeded in cutting off the supply of American ships, England might not have held out. Yet had Churchill siphoned reinforcements to the naval effort earlier, thousands of lives might have been preserved. The battle consisted of not one but hundreds of battles, ranging from hours to days in duration, and forcing both sides into constant innovation and nightmarish second-guessing, trying desperately to gain the advantage of every encounter. Any changes to the events of this series of battles, and the outcome of the war-as well as the future of Europe and the world-would have been dramatically different. Jonathan Dimbleby's The Battle of the Atlantic offers a detailed and immersive account of this campaign, placing it within the context of the war as a whole. Dimbleby delves into the politics on both sides of the Atlantic, revealing the role of Bletchley Park and the complex and dynamic relationship between America and England. He uses contemporary diaries and letters from leaders and sailors to chilling effect, evoking the lives and experiences of those who fought the longest battle of World War Two. This is the definitive account of the Battle of the Atlantic.
Author : Theodore P. Savas
Publisher : Savas Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781940669007
The compelling true stories of six little-known U-boat commanders and their dramatic WWII careers. When World War II erupted across Europe in 1939, Germany knew it couldn’t hope to compete with the Royal Navy in a head-to-head naval war. Left with no viable alternatives, the U-Bootwaffe wagered everything on the submarine in a desperate attempt to sink more tonnage than the Allies could construct. Some of these “silent hunters” who slipped out of their shelters along Europe's shores to stalk their prey have enjoyed considerable recognition in the years since. While most aspects of the bitter struggle have been told and retold from both the Axis and Allied points of view, the careers of some highly effective U-boat commanders have languished in undeserved obscurity. The profiles of six such commanders are presented in this collection of essays. They include Englebert Endrass, whose spectacular career before being lost off the coast of Gibraltar is described here by his best friend and fellow ace Enrich Topp, who wrote this while on his fifteenth War Patrol; Karl-Friedrich Merten, who was ranked among the war’s top tonnage aces; Ralph Kapitsky, whose U-615 suicidal surface-to-air battle in the Caribbean allowed many of his fellow submariners to escape into the Atlantic; Fritz Guggenberger, who sank an aircraft carrier and organized the biggest POW escape attempt in American history; Victor Oehrn, a former staff officer of Karl Dönitz's; and Heinz Eck, who was executed by the British. Includes photographs
Author : Ann Tusa,John Tusa
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781616080211
“Fascinating. . . . The Tusas' book is one of the best accounts I have read.” --The New York Times
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UCAL:B3506798
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UIUC:30112106720938
Author : Tony Bridgland
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780850528220
Whilst researching his earlier book Sea Killers in Disguise, the author unearthed a rich stem of incidents at sea which happened during the two World Wars that shocked and surprised him. This book is the result of further in-depth study covering the Second World War. It reveals a long catalogue of atrocities perpetrated not just by Germany and Japan but, sensationally, by the British and her Allies.Thanks to Tony Bridgland's meticulous research, into a wide variety of incidents at sea, makes for vivid and compelling, if uneasy, reading
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 9780198840398
The Second World War between the Axis and Allied powers saw over 20 million soldiers taken as prisoners of war. Prisoners of War uses a series of case studies to illuminate the personal and collective histories of those who experienced captivity in Eastern and Western Europe during the war and their repatriation and reintegration afterwards.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Infantry
ISBN : MINN:31951D00148208W
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UIUC:30112106756296
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : OSU:32435029219987
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1452 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : CUB:U183019720227
Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 4723 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216168836
With more than 1,700 cross-referenced entries covering every aspect of World War II, the events and developments of the era, and myriad related subjects as well as a documents volume, this is the most comprehensive reference work available on the war. This encyclopedia represents a single source of authoritative information on World War II that provides accessible coverage of the causes, course, and consequences of the war. Its introductory overview essays and cross-referenced A–Z entries explain how various sources of friction culminated in a second worldwide conflict, document the events of the war and why individual battles were won and lost, and identify numerous ways the war has permanently changed the world. The coverage addresses the individuals, campaigns, battles, key weapons systems, strategic decisions, and technological developments of the conflict, as well as the diplomatic, economic, and cultural aspects of World War II. The five-volume set provides comprehensive information that gives readers insight into the reasons for the war's direction and outcome. Readers will understand the motivations behind Japan's decision to attack the United States, appreciate how the concentration of German military resources on the Eastern Front affected the war's outcome, understand the major strategic decisions of the war and the factors behind them, grasp how the Second Sino-Japanese War contributed to the start of World War II, and see the direct impact of new military technology on the outcomes of the battles during the conflict. The lengthy documents volume represents a valuable repository of additional information for student research.
Author : Chris Marnewick
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781415203521
Pierre de Villiers has walked a hard road. Tortured by his own army, his family killed, surviving cancer; his new life in New Zealand is supposed to bring him peace. But just when his life seems to be on an even keel, his daughter is kidnapped in Auckland and his brother-in-law's wife abducted in Durban. What possible common enemy might the brothers-in-law have? The clues to the riddle stretch from Nazi u-boats of Africa's coast to a sinister Third Force pulling the strings of darkest South African history. Determined to defend his family. De Villiers is cast opposite "the major" in a life-or-death battle raging from Auckland to Durban and Hamburg. And on a bigger stage, the major's Force is not done yet; its final statement will be its most violent.