The Last Year of the Kriegsmarine: May 1944-May 1945

by V.E. Tarrant

Book Overview

The German navy, the Kreigsmarine, seemed destined to join with the air and land forces of the Third Reich to bring Hitler to victory in World War II. This book shows how this previously all-conquering navy was unable to deploy its new vessels and strategies in the last year of the war. Blockaded in its ports, picked off by superior enemy forces when it sailed, it was unable to use its new vessels and weaponry, utilize fresh tactics or bring on new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1854093622
• ISBN13: 9781854093622
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Arms & Armour Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A tribute to hopeless gallantry.

This book is a brilliant account of the final year for the Kriegsmarine. It is the story of a doomed generation of sailors who bravely and hopelessly went to battle knowing that theirs was a hopeless cause. Tarrant (as usual) provides an interseting text, and keeps the book moving along. He gives you a good impression of the overwhelming force deployed by the Allies at the end of the Second World War.