Second U-boat Flotilla
$71.99
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
6 June 2002
Summary
In 1942, German U-boats struck with devastating force for the first time against distant targets in the waters of the North and South Atlantic. The large cruiser submarines of the Second U-boat Flotilla were at the spearhead of each assault. The Second U-boat Flotilla, “Saltzwedel,” was formed in 1936 and survived nine long years to the day of Nazi Germany’s eventual surrender.
During the Spanish Civil War, it had been a “Saltzwedel” boat that made the only successful attack on an ene…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780850529173 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0850529174 |
| Author: | Lawrence Paterson |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 6 June 2002 |
| Weight: | 599g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 156mm x 234mm |
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Lawrence Paterson
Lawrence Patterson is an avid underwater diver whose interest in the U-boat war stems from having lived in France close to the Brest U-boat bunkers. He became President of the Brittany Marine Research Society dedicated to the discovery and survey of WW2 wrecks. Now living in Portsmouth he is a member of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum’s Archive Group specialising in U-boat and Kriegsmarine research. He is married to Sarah Burbridge, the submarine author.
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