The German Fleet at War, 1939-1945

Description

Preface and Acknowledgments ; 1. Opening Rounds, September 1939 -- January 1940 ; 2. The Invasion of Norway, April-June 1940 ; 3. The English Channel and the High Seas, 1940 ; 4. The Bismarck Cycle of Battles, May 1941; 5. Actions in Soviet Waters, 1941; 6. The English Channel and the French Coast, 1942; 7. Battles of the Polar Sea, 1942-43; 8. The Eastern Mediterranean, August 1943 -- May 1945; 9. Actions in the English Chanel and French Waters, 1943; 10. Actions in the English Channel, January -- June 1944; 11. French Waters After D-Day, June-December 1944.;The German Fleet at War relates the little-known history of the Kriegsmarine's surface fleet with a focus on the sixty-nine surface naval battles fought by Germany's major warships against the large warships of the British, French, American, Polish, Soviet, Norwegian and Greek navies. It emphasizes operational details but also paints a broad overview of the naval war. The book addresses the lack of information about the specifics of naval engagements in World War II and provides a database of naval engagements for comparison and analysis, but unlike most reference works, it has a continuo.