Big Guns in the Atlantic Germany’s battleships and cruisers raid the convoys, 1939–41
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney.
Edouard Groult studied art in Paris and Belgium before working as a concept artist in the videogame industry. In recent years has also undertaken historical commissions while working as a freelancer for historical magazines. He lives and works near London.
Big Guns in the Atlantic Germany’s battleships and cruisers raid the convoys, 1939–41
The artwork in this book is extremely good and the narrative details the Kriegsmarine’s early Atlantic raids which led directly to the ill-fated <i>Bismarck’s</i> only voyage, that in turn led to Hitler’s loss of confidence in his surface Navy.
- SIMON HAILL, The Naval Review
A fascinating and detailed analysis of the Kriegsmarine’s Atlantic raids in the early war, ideal for readers interested in Germany’s World War II naval operations.
At the outbreak of World War II the German Kriegsmarine still had a relatively small U-boat arm. To reach Britain's convoy routes in the North Atlantic, these boats had to pass around the top of the British Isles - a long and dangerous voyage to their "hunting grounds". Then, the fall of France, Denmark and Norway in early 1940 dramatically altered the strategic situation. The Atlantic was now far easier to reach, and to escape from.
Featuring coverage of the armoured cruiser Deutschland, battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and cruisers Admiral Scheer and Admiral Hipper, this book by acclaimed naval expert Angus Konstam examines the efficacy and risk of German naval operations in the Atlantic, from Operation Berlin to the Bismarck.
introduction
Initial Strategy
Planning For War
The Atlantic Sorties
Aftermath
Analysis
Conclusion
Further Reading
Index
The artwork in this book is extremely good and the narrative details the Kriegsmarine’s early Atlantic raids which led directly to the ill-fated <i>Bismarck’s</i> only voyage, that in turn led to Hitler’s loss of confidence in his surface Navy.
- SIMON HAILL, The Naval Review
A fascinating and detailed analysis of the Kriegsmarine’s Atlantic raids in the early war, ideal for readers interested in Germany’s World War II naval operations.
At the outbreak of World War II the German Kriegsmarine still had a relatively small U-boat arm. To reach Britain's convoy routes in the North Atlantic, these boats had to pass around the top of the British Isles - a long and dangerous voyage to their "hunting grounds". Then, the fall of France, Denmark and Norway in early 1940 dramatically altered the strategic situation. The Atlantic was now far easier to reach, and to escape from.
Featuring coverage of the armoured cruiser Deutschland, battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and cruisers Admiral Scheer and Admiral Hipper, this book by acclaimed naval expert Angus Konstam examines the efficacy and risk of German naval operations in the Atlantic, from Operation Berlin to the Bismarck.
introduction
Initial Strategy
Planning For War
The Atlantic Sorties
Aftermath
Analysis
Conclusion
Further Reading
Index
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney.
Edouard Groult studied art in Paris and Belgium before working as a concept artist in the videogame industry. In recent years has also undertaken historical commissions while working as a freelancer for historical magazines. He lives and works near London.