Author: Bernhard Rogge
Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Story of the raider's exploits in the World War, as told by her commander to Wolfgang Frank.
The German Raider Atlantis
Author: Wolfgang Frank
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258805661
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Wartime Record Of Germany's Deadliest Raider, As Told By Her Captain.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258805661
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Wartime Record Of Germany's Deadliest Raider, As Told By Her Captain.
The German Raider Atlantis
Author: Bernhard Rogge
Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Story of the raider's exploits in the World War, as told by her commander to Wolfgang Frank.
Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Story of the raider's exploits in the World War, as told by her commander to Wolfgang Frank.
Ship 16
Author: Arthur V. Sellwood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
False Flags
Author: Stephen Robinson
Publisher: Exisle Publishing
ISBN: 1775593029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher: Exisle Publishing
ISBN: 1775593029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Beware Raiders!
Author: Bernard Edwards
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783379278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A British naval historian recounts the victories and defeats of two of the most infamous German Navy vessels during World War II. Bernard Edwards’s Beware Raiders! tells the fascinating story of two German ships and the havoc they caused amongst Allied shipping in World War II. One was the eight-inch gun cruiser Admiral Hipper—named for World War I’s German fleet Admiral Franz von Hipper—fast, powerful, and Navy-manned. The other was a converted merchant man, Hansa Line’s Kandelfels armed with a few old scavenged guns manned largely by reservists, and sailing under the nom de guerre Pinguin. The difference between the pride of the Third Reich’s Kriegsmarine’s fleet and the converted cruiser was even more evident in their commanders. Edwards emphasizes the striking contrast between the conduct of Ernst Kruder, captain of the Pinguin, who attempted to cause as little loss of life as possible, and the callous Iron Cross–decorated Wilhelm Meisel of the Admiral Hipper, who had scant regard for the lives of the men whose ships he had sunk. Contrary to all expectations, as Edwards reveals in his thrilling accounts of the missions performed by each ship, the amateur man-of-war reaped a rich harvest and went out in a blaze of glory. The purpose-built battlecruiser, on the other hand, was hard-pressed even to make her mark on the war and ended her days in ignominy.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783379278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A British naval historian recounts the victories and defeats of two of the most infamous German Navy vessels during World War II. Bernard Edwards’s Beware Raiders! tells the fascinating story of two German ships and the havoc they caused amongst Allied shipping in World War II. One was the eight-inch gun cruiser Admiral Hipper—named for World War I’s German fleet Admiral Franz von Hipper—fast, powerful, and Navy-manned. The other was a converted merchant man, Hansa Line’s Kandelfels armed with a few old scavenged guns manned largely by reservists, and sailing under the nom de guerre Pinguin. The difference between the pride of the Third Reich’s Kriegsmarine’s fleet and the converted cruiser was even more evident in their commanders. Edwards emphasizes the striking contrast between the conduct of Ernst Kruder, captain of the Pinguin, who attempted to cause as little loss of life as possible, and the callous Iron Cross–decorated Wilhelm Meisel of the Admiral Hipper, who had scant regard for the lives of the men whose ships he had sunk. Contrary to all expectations, as Edwards reveals in his thrilling accounts of the missions performed by each ship, the amateur man-of-war reaped a rich harvest and went out in a blaze of glory. The purpose-built battlecruiser, on the other hand, was hard-pressed even to make her mark on the war and ended her days in ignominy.
German Raider Atlantis
Author: Frank, Yitzchak
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345237484
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345237484
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Phantom Raider
Author: Director Institute of Experimental Pathology Ulrich Mohr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781841450285
Category : Pirates
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The two year cruise of Atlantis was to be the longest in the history of the Second World War, but after her destruction in the South Atlantic, shattered by the guns of HMS Devonshire, naval records simply referred to her as Ship Sixteen. However, Atlantis had the highest score of all German raiders – twice as much tonnage as the famed Graf Spee. She was a Phantom Raider, on of the Ghost Fleet, which terrorized merchant shipping in the Indian and Atlantic oceans. Twenty-one ships were sunk by her hidden guns yet the survivors she picked up had no hatred for their captors. Instead many of those interviewed had ungrudging admiration for the Germany officers and crew who captured them. Here is a fascinating story of the war at sea when Germany was the hunter, and of a ship whose exploits might never have been known but for the tenacious probing of the author, A. V. Sellwood, and the willingness of the Atlantis captain’s ADC, Ulrich Mohr, to recall those incredible 622 days at sea.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781841450285
Category : Pirates
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The two year cruise of Atlantis was to be the longest in the history of the Second World War, but after her destruction in the South Atlantic, shattered by the guns of HMS Devonshire, naval records simply referred to her as Ship Sixteen. However, Atlantis had the highest score of all German raiders – twice as much tonnage as the famed Graf Spee. She was a Phantom Raider, on of the Ghost Fleet, which terrorized merchant shipping in the Indian and Atlantic oceans. Twenty-one ships were sunk by her hidden guns yet the survivors she picked up had no hatred for their captors. Instead many of those interviewed had ungrudging admiration for the Germany officers and crew who captured them. Here is a fascinating story of the war at sea when Germany was the hunter, and of a ship whose exploits might never have been known but for the tenacious probing of the author, A. V. Sellwood, and the willingness of the Atlantis captain’s ADC, Ulrich Mohr, to recall those incredible 622 days at sea.
Ship 16
Author: Ulrich Mohr
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
ISBN: 1848681151
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Ship 16, aka Atlantis, sank 22 British and Allied ships in its career at sea, becoming the most successful German Commerce raider. The story is told by Ulrich Mohr, the ship's First Officer.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
ISBN: 1848681151
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Ship 16, aka Atlantis, sank 22 British and Allied ships in its career at sea, becoming the most successful German Commerce raider. The story is told by Ulrich Mohr, the ship's First Officer.
Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruisers
Author: Gordon Williamson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782000011
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Despite being relatively unknown compared to famous ships like Graf Spee or Bismarke, or the more famous U-boats, the Auxiliary Cruisers were immensely successful, not only in the number of enemy ships they sank, but in the resources which were tied up trying to track them down. The Royal Navy's auxiliary cruisers tended to be merchant vessels used to protect convoys from attack. The German Auxiliary Cruisers, however, heavily armed and usually carried torpedo tubes as well as guns and even sometimes their own aircraft. These ships were aggressive predators, searching the sea lanes for unsuspecting enemy merchants, and were not only capable of destroying enemy merchant ships, but also of defending themselves against well-armed enemy warships. This book looks at the specifications and designs of the 11 Auxiliary Cruisers, as well as their combat histories, their eventual fates, and the careers of some of the most famous commanders.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782000011
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Despite being relatively unknown compared to famous ships like Graf Spee or Bismarke, or the more famous U-boats, the Auxiliary Cruisers were immensely successful, not only in the number of enemy ships they sank, but in the resources which were tied up trying to track them down. The Royal Navy's auxiliary cruisers tended to be merchant vessels used to protect convoys from attack. The German Auxiliary Cruisers, however, heavily armed and usually carried torpedo tubes as well as guns and even sometimes their own aircraft. These ships were aggressive predators, searching the sea lanes for unsuspecting enemy merchants, and were not only capable of destroying enemy merchant ships, but also of defending themselves against well-armed enemy warships. This book looks at the specifications and designs of the 11 Auxiliary Cruisers, as well as their combat histories, their eventual fates, and the careers of some of the most famous commanders.
Mrs Ferguson’s Tea-set, Japan and the Second World War
Author: Eiji Seki
Publisher: Global Oriental
ISBN: 1905246285
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
This book offers new insight into the sinking of SS Automedon as well as being a riveting tale of an exciting episode in the Second World War. It includes testimonies from crew and family of SS Automedon and presents Japan’s involvement for the first time.
Publisher: Global Oriental
ISBN: 1905246285
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
This book offers new insight into the sinking of SS Automedon as well as being a riveting tale of an exciting episode in the Second World War. It includes testimonies from crew and family of SS Automedon and presents Japan’s involvement for the first time.