The German Navy of the Second World War, known as the Kriegsmarine, became a feared and respected adversary across and beneath the high seas, its marauding U-boat 'wolf packs' coming close to defeating Britain in the Battle of the Atlantic. Jak Mallmann Showell examines the different roles of the Ge[...]
During the Second World War, the Arctic saw an unusually high intensity of action, adventure, excitement and tragedy, and Swastikas in the Arctic: U-boat Alley Through the Frozen Hell describes the German military activities in that harsh frozen hell. Based mainly on original logs, the bare facts ha[...]
Atlantin taistelu oli toisen maailmansodan pisin yhtäjaksoinen taistelu. Vuosina 1939-1945 Ison-Britannian mahtavalla Kuninkaallisella laivastolla oli vastassaan Hitlerin Saksan harmaat sudet, jotka kävivät tonnistosotaa pyrkiessään saartamaan saarivaltion ja estämään täydennyskuljetukset. [...]
Ocean-going U-boats, each one not much longer than four European articulated lorries with up to sixty men inside them, sailed the far-off seas to reap havoc in hot inhospitable waters. The air forces and navies from Britain, the United States and other colonial countries followed to make this a dari[...]