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| 3702 | UNITED STATES. WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. Report of the War Shipping Administration to the President. 80p., illus. Washington: WSA, 1946.
A profusely illustrated account. |
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| 3703 | GARZKE, William H., & DULIN, Robert O. Axis Battleships of World War Two. 344p., illus., index. London: Jane's, 1986. ISBN: 0710604041.
The final volume in this set of three, which also cover Allied and American battleships. The US edition, published by the Naval Institute Press was published in 1985 as Battleships: Axis and Neutral Battleships in World War II (ISBN: 0870211013). |
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| 3705 | LAUNER, Jay. The Enemies Fighting Ships. xxii, 222p., illus. New York: Sheridan House, 1944.
The naval strength of Germany and Japan is described for each country and analysed in a heavily illustrated reference guide. |
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| 3706 | STANLEY, Roy M. Axis Warships, As Seen on Photos From Allied Intelligence Files. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2011. ISBN: 9781848844711.
A set of fascinating images analysed by an intelligence expert. |
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| 3707 | WATTS, A. J. Axis Cruisers (World War 2 Fact Files). 55p., illus. New York: Arco, 1978; London: Jane's, 1979. ISBN: 0354012037.
Covers every class of cruiser operated or planned by the Axis powers, with notes on design and on the fate of individual ships. |
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| 3708 | WATTS, A. J. Axis Submarines (World War 2 Fact Files). 63p., illus. London: Macdonald & Jane's, 1977. ISBN: 035401059X.
A fully illustrated directory arranged by country and class, with leading details. |
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| 3709 | German Naval Vessels of World War Two, compiled by US Naval Intelligence. With an introduction by A. D. Baker III. 72p., illus. London: Greenhill; Annapolis: NIP, 1993. ISBN: 1853671665.
A reprint of ONI 204, a recognition manual published during the war. |
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| 3710 | ASMUSSEN, John & LEON, Eric. German Naval Camouflage. 2.vols. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press; Barnsley: Seaforth, 2012-14. ISBN: 9781848321427. Built on years of research this two volume work is comprehensive and very well illustrated. The centrepiece is a series of outstanding, computer-generated, coloured line drawings. Covers destroyers and larger vessels. Volume 1 covers 1939-41 (ISBN: 9781848321427) and volume 2 covers the years 1942-4 (ISBN: 9781848322233).
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| 3711 | BARTZ, Karl. Swastika in the Air: The Struggle and Defeat of the German Air Force 1939–1945. 204, [4]p., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1956.
A general history of the Luftwaffe, which met the Royal Navy most forcefully in the Arctic and the Mediterranean. |
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| 3712 | BAUMBACH, Werner. Broken Swastika: The Defeat of the Luftwaffe. 224p., illus., index. London: Hale; New York: Coward McCann,1960. ISBN: 0709028083.
One of Germany's most successful wartime pilots reviews the Luftwaffe's war in a mix of general and personal history, often involving the RN. First published in Germany in 1949, it was published in the US as Life and Death of the Luftwaffe. Reprinted in 1986. |
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| 3713 | BEAVER, Paul. E-Boats and Coastal Craft: A Selection of German Wartime Photographs from the Bundesarchiv, Koblenz (World War II Photo Album, 17). 94p., illus. Cambridge: PSL, 1981. ISBN: 085059443X.
Good illustrations with a sparse accompanying text. |
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| 3714 | BEKKER, C. D. The German Navy 1939–1945. 192p., illus. London: Hamlyn, 1974; New York: Dial, 1975. ISBN: 0600370593.
A lavishly illustrated account of the ships and their operations, by Germany's leading popular naval historian. Reprinted by Chancellor in 1997 (ISBN: 1851525912). |
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| 3715 | BEKKER, C. D. Hitler's Naval War. 400p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Macdonald and Jane's; New York: Doubleday, 1974. ISBN: 0356045080.
A history of the Kriegsmarine first published in Germany in 1971 and giving the German view of the war at sea. |
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| 3716 | BEKKER, C. D. K-Men. 202, [6]p., illus. London: Kimber, 1955.
This German special service unit was not formed until 1944. It proved modestly successful in sinking Allied shipping. |
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| 3717 | BEKKER, C. D. Swastika at Sea: The Struggle and Destruction of the German Navy 1939–1945. 207p., illus. London: Kimber, 1953; New York: Holt Rinehart, 1955.
An episodic popular account of the German view of the war at sea. US title: Defeat at Sea. |
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| 3718 | BENNETT, G.H. & BENNETT, R. Hitler's Admirals. [x], 249p., index. Annapolis: NIP, 2004. ISBN: 1591140617.
Based on extracts of essays written by nine German Admirals at the end of the war, this gives a very immediate view of their reactions to the Nazi period. |
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| 3719 | BIRD, Keith. Erich Raeder: Admiral of the Third Reich. xxvi, 282p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis, NIP, 2006. ISBN: 1557500479.
The first English biography of Raeder, which illustrates his role as a political activist. |
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| 3720 | BLOCKSDORF, Helmut. Hitler's Secret Commandos: Operations of the K-Verband. xi, 188p., illus. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2008. ISBN: 1844157830.
The first comprehensive history of the K-Verband. It charts the development, structure, selection, training and equipment the Commando unit used together with a detailed narrative of the operations undertaken. The material has been translated from a German text, previously published in Germany in 2003. |
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| 3721 | BREYER, Siegfried, & KOOP, Gerard. The German Navy at War 1939–1945. 2 vols., illus. West Chester, Pa.: Schiffer, 1989. ISBN: 0887402208 (Vol. 1 ); 0887402186 (Vol. 2).
A mainly photographic record. Volume 1 covers the capital ships and volume 2 covers U-boats, light naval weapons, naval aviation, ports and bases, uniforms, flags, etc. |
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| 3722 | BRISSAUD, Andre. Canaris: The Biography of Admiral Canaris, Chief of German Military Intelligence in the Second World War. xvii, 347p., bibliog., index.London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1973: New York: Grosset & Dunlop, 1974. ISBN: 0297766864.
An engrossing account of the mysterious German Admiral whose motives remain a source of speculation. |
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