The Kriegsmarine on D-Day
Hitler’s Navy and the Normandy Invasion
$114.44
- Hardcover
328 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2027
Summary
On 6 June 1944, the Allies opened their long awaited ‘Second Front’ with the invasion of Occupied France. Ashore in Normandy they faced a disparate conglomeration of Wehrmacht and Waffen SS formations that varied enormously in size and quality. At sea they faced the tattered remnants of the Kriegsmarine in the west.
In the weeks leading to D-Day the Allies had stepped up efforts to eliminate any potential German naval threat, culminating in Operation Hostile that witnessed fierce dest…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781036124779 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1036124770 |
| Author: | Lawrence Paterson |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 30 March 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
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Lawrence Paterson
Lawrence Paterson has written several books on various aspects of the U-boat war, including U-Boat War Patrol, Weapons of Desperation, Hitler’s Grey Wolves, Hitler’s Brandenburgers and a biography of Otto Kretschmer. He lives in Taranto, Italy and is drummer in a heavy metal band.
Professor Richard Overy is a British historian and a Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He has published several books on Nazi Germany and World War II including a biography of Hermann Göring, Goering: Hitler’s Iron Knight. In 2001, he was awarded the Samuel Elliot Morison Prize of the Society of Military History for his contribution to the history of warfare. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the British Academy, and of King’s College London.
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