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  • Hitler's Secret Commandos

    Operations of the K-Verband

    by Helmut Blocksdorf ...
    An extensive history of the amphibious attack unit created by Nazi Germany during World War II.Hitler's Secret Commandos is the history of the K-Verband naval commando unit, established in 1943 to wreak havoc amongst invading allied forces involved in amphibious landings or actions, against German-occupied coasts.Following the Italian and British example, the basic idea was for a small, ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Cruel Seas (True Combat)

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    At dawn, they saw her masts on the horizon and immediately prepared for battle. They were up against a formidable foe; the Admiral Graf Spee had already sunk nine British merchant ships in the South Atlantic. Now, her modern prototype diesel engines were set at maximum power and she was heading straight for them at full speed...Read about the Royal Navy’s determined hunt for the enemy battleship ... Read more

    $1.83 CAD

  • Wolf Pack: The U-Boats at War

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    "Once you heard that pinging sound you knew they had got to you, then the depth charges came. Terrible, just terrible." Kurt Wehling, u-boat survivor The steel coffins was the name given to the U-boats of the Kriegsmarine by their own crews. Their fatalistic view of the war was certainly justified; it is estimated that seventy-five per cent of the 39,000 men who sailed in the U-boat fleet paid the ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • Bismarck

    The Final Days of Germany's Greatest Battleship

    by Michael Tamelander, Niklas Zetterling ...
    The author of Blitzkrieg covers one of the most dramatic events of the Second World War in an "outstanding book about naval warfare" ( World War II History).When the German battleship Bismarck—a masterpiece of engineering, well-armored with a main artillery of eight 15-inch guns—left the port of Gotenhafen for her first operation on the night of May 18, 1941, the British battlecruiser Hood and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tirpitz

    The Life and Death of Germany's Last Super Battleship

    by Niklas Zetterling, Michael Tamelander ...
    The authors of Bismarck deliver "a very good account of the Tirpitz and of the naval war in the North Atlantic and Norwegian waters" during World War II ( NYMAS Review).After the Royal Navy's bloody high seas campaign to kill the mighty Bismarck, the Allies were left with an uncomfortable truth—the German behemoth had a twin sister. Slightly larger than her sibling, the Tirpitz was equally capable ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Battle on the Seven Seas

    German Cruiser Battles, 1914–1918

    by Gary Staff ...
    "This concise and well-written book will serve as a valuable library addition for anyone interested in the naval activities of the Great War." —Sea ClassicsThe cruisers of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserlische Marine) were active throughout the First World War and saw action all around the globe, tying up valuable Allied naval resources out of all proportion to their number. Drawing on firsthand ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wolf Pack

    The Story of the U-Boat in World War II

    by Gordon Williamson ...
    In this comprehensive book, the wartime development of the U-Boat is traced along with the experiences of typical U-Boat crewmen, from recruitment to combat.Germany's World War II U-Boat fleet represented the elite of their naval personnel. In terms of technology, training, tactics and combat successes, the U-Boat Waffe was far superior to that of any other combatant nation. Gordon Williamson ... Read more

    $14.79 CAD

  • Hitler's U-Boat War

    The Hunters, 1939-1942

    by Clay Blair ...
    Series series Modern Library War
    Clay Blair's best-selling naval classic Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan, is regarded as the definitive account of that decisive phase of the war in the Pacific. Nine years in the making, Hitler's U-boat War is destined to become the definitive account of the German submarine war against the Allies, or "The Battle of the Atlantic."It is an epic sea story, the most arduous and ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Operation Drumbeat

    The Dramatic True Strory of Germany's Fast U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II

    by Michael Gannon ...
    An account of Germany's little known U-boat campaign against merchant shipping along the North American Atlantic coast during the first six months of 1942. It also documents the failure of the US Navy to meet the German attack. ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • German Battleships 1939–45

    by Gordon Williamson ...
    Series Book 71 - New Vanguard
    Gordon Williamson examines the design, development and operational use of the battleships used by the Kriegsmarine during World War II.The 'Schlesien' and 'Schleswig-Holstein' were used mostly as training ships until the end of the war when they took part in bombardment of Soviet troop movements in East Prussia. The 'Scharnhorst' had a successful career until her sinking at the battle of the North ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • German Battlecruisers 1914–18

    by Gary Staff ...
    Series Book 124 - New Vanguard
    The task of Germany's new Große Kreuzer at the beginning of the 20th century was to form an independent reconnaissance division that was able to perform special tasks.With a speed superiority of at least 3 knots, they should also be capable of fighting in the line, and would thus require heavy armour and good defensive qualities. The battlecruisers that were built did indeed have a remarkable ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • Hunt and Kill

    U-505 and the Battle of the Atlantic

    by Theodore P. Savas ...
    One of WWII's pivotal events was the capture of U-505 on June 4, 1944. The top secret seizure of this massive Type IX submarine provided the Allies with priceless information on German technology and innovation. After the war U-505 was transported to Chicago, where today 1,000,000 visitors a year pass through her at the Museum of Science and Industry. Hunt and Kill offers the first definitive ... Read more

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