Companion to the German Navy 1939-1945

by Jak P. Mallmann Showell

Synonymous with such infamous battleships as the Bismarck, Scharnhorst, and Tirpitz, the German Navy--or Reichsmarine--was renamed the Kriegsmarine in 1935 after the emergence of the Nazi State, and went through a major reorganization in 1939. During World War II, it became a much-feared adversary both on and beneath the high seas with its marauding U-boat "wolf packs" coming close to defeating Britain in the Battle of the Atlantic. This enthralling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752451014
• ISBN13: 9780752451015
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"