Kriegsmarine Atlantic Command 1939–42
naval group west's surface menace
$29.60
- Paperback
80 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2025
Summary
Raiders of the Deep: The Kriegsmarine’s Atlantic Command, 1939-1942
Germany’s legendary Atlantic surface war was fought by Naval Group West. Superbly illustrated, this unpacks the details of how it operated and fought.
Having spent the 1930s on an ambitious but confused bid to build a new battle fleet, Germany began World War II woefully unprepared. Under Marinegruppenkommando West, its heavy ships and raiders were tasked with challenging Allied dom…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472867377 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472867378 |
| Series: | Fleet |
| Author: | Lawrence Paterson, Jim Laurier |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 253g |
| Dimensions: | 246mm x 182mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
Lawrence Paterson
Lawrence ‘Larry’ Paterson is a diving instructor who spent years researching German wrecks off Brittany, from which his first book First U-boat Flotilla directly resulted. Since then he has had over 20 books published, mostly on the Kriegsmarine. He attributes much of his interest in World War II to his grandfathers; one of whom was an ANZAC during the First World War, the other a Royal Navy stoker in the Second.
Jim Laurier is a renowned illustrator with paintings on display at the Pentagon.
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