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| 3723 | CARTER, David J. POW: Behind Canadian Barbed Wire: Alien, Refugee and Prisoner of War Camps in Canada 1914–1920 and 1939–1946. 253p., illus. 1998, Elkwater, Alta.: Eagle Butte, 1998. ISBN: 096841110X.
An overview of internment and POW camps in Canada, including the U-boat POW "Battle of Bowmanville" led by Kretschmer. |
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| 3724 | CHANTRAIN, J. P., PIED, R., & SMEETS, R. The German Sailor in World War Two. 48p., illus. London: Arms & Armour, 1990. ISBN: 1854090380.
One of the Fotofax series of illustrated guides, showing the various uniforms and insignia. |
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| 3725 | CHATTERTON, E. Keble. Commerce Raiders. 128p., illus., index. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1943.
A colourful and often anecdotal account of the pocket battleships, raiders, submarines, and Focke Wulf Condors which preyed on Allied merchantmen. |
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| 3726 | CONTROL COMMISSION FOR GERMANY (B.E.). Shipping Branch. Ships Available to the Enemy in Northern Waters September 1st 1939–May 8th 1945. ii, 655p. London: HMSO, 1946.
A reference work listing all ships over 100 GRT reported to be under Axis control and in the waters between Gibraltar and Pastime. All vessels flying the German flag on 3 September 1939 are also listed. Details of the ships are given, along with notes on their employment or fate. Every second page is blank, presumably for annotation. This is the fourth[?] and final edition of a handbook produced by various ministries during the war. |
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| 3727 | DABROWSKI, Hans-Peter, & KOOS, Volker. Arado AR 196: Germany's Multi-Purpose Seaplane. 47p., illus. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer, 1993. ISBN: 0887404812.
A photographic record of this versatile plane. |
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| 3728 | DALLIES-LABOURDETTE, Jean-Phillipe. S-Boote: German E Boats in Action 1939-1945. 175p., bibliog., illus. Paris: Histoire & Collections, 2003. ISBN: 2352500192.
Very little has been written on Germany's "Schnellboote" in the Second World War. Known by the Allies as E-Boats (Enemy Boats) the S Boote played havoc on Allied naval operations in the English Channel and elsewhere. Many of their captains were amongst the most decorated of any branch of the Kriegsmarine. |
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| 3729 | DÖNITZ, Karl. Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty Days. x, 500p., illus., index. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Cleveland: World Publishing, 1959.
Dönitz planned the U-boat war, in 1943 became Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and in 1945 was briefly Head of State after Hitler's death. This work is therefore a major source on German naval planning. Reprinted by Greenhill in 1990 (ISBN: 1853670529). |
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| 3730 | FEHLER, Johann H. Dynamite for Hire: The Story of Hein Fehler. 264p., frontis. London: Laurie, 1956.
A highly coloured account of the career of a German naval officer. He served on a minesweeper, on the raider Atlantis, and in command of U 234. Reprinted by White Lion in 1956 as The Warring Seas. |
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| 3731 | FRANK, Hans. German S-Boats in Action in the Second World War. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2007. ISBN: 1844157164.
The founder of the S- Boat Flotilla Veterans Association produces a solid well illustrated operational history of these fast motor launches. |
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| 3732 | GERMANY. Kriegsmarine. Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs 1939–1945. 7 vols. Washington: Navy Department, [1947]; London: Admiralty, 1949. Minutes of staff meetings between Hitler and commanders of the German forces, these records were captured by the Allies at the end of the war. The volumes contain a wealth of detail on the naval problems facing the Germans. Also published in Brassey's Naval Annual for 1948. Reprinted by Greenhill in 1990 (ISBN: 185367060X). Reprinted by Greenhill in 1990 (ISBN: 185367060X), with an introduction by Jak Mallman Showell. That edition reprinted in paperback in 2015 by the History Press (ISBN: 9780750964388). |
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| 3733 | GOSS, Chris. Bloody Biscay: The Story of the Luftwaffe's only Long Range Maritime Fighter Unit, V Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader 40, and Its Adversaries 1942–1944. xx, 254p., bibliog., illus. London: Crécy, 1997. ISBN: 0947554629.
Excellent contemporary photographs are the highlight of this solid history of a neglected area. |
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| 3734 | GRIEHL, Manfred. Airwar Over the Atlantic (Luftwaffe at War). 72p., illus. London: Greenhill; Mechanicsburg, P.A.: Stackpole, 2003. ISBN: 1853675474.
A photo-essay largely concerned with the FW Condor. |
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| 3735 | GRÖNER, Erich. German Warships 1815–1945. Revised and Expanded by Dieter Jung and Martin Maass. 2 vols., illus., index. London: Conway, 1990–91. ISBN: 0851775330 (Vol. 1); 0851775934 (Vol. 2).
Probably the definitive work on the German Navy. Volume 1 covers major surface vessels and volume 2 covers U-boats and mine warfare vessels. |
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| 3736 | HOENTSCH, Peter. Enemies of Yesterday Shall Now Be Friends. 54p., illus. Bishop Auckland: WP Visual, 1997. ISBN: 1901867013.
As a young naval radio operator he was captured at Dieppe in 1944 and this is an account of his POW experiences. |
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| 3737 | HUMBLE, Richard. Hitler's High Seas Fleet (Pan/Ballantine Illustrated History of World War II. Weapons Book). 160p., bibliog., illus. London: Pan/Ballantine; New York: Ballantine, 1972. ISBN: 0345097211.
A brief, well-illustrated account of the German viewpoint. |
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| 3738 | HÜMMELCHEN, G. German Schnellboote (E-Boats) (Profile Warship, 31). 153–176pp., illus. Windsor: Profile Publications, 1973.
An operational history in the main, covering all the theaters in which they served. |
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| 3739 | ISBY, David C. The Luftwaffe and the War at Sea 1939-1945: As Seen by Officers of the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe. 288p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Greenhill, 2006. ISBN: 1861762569. Contemporary reports reviewing the war. Reprinted in 2017 by Greenhill, ISBN: 9781784382445. |
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| 3740 | JACKSON, Robert. The German Navy in World War II. 160p., illus., index. Staplehurst: Spellmount, 1999. ISBN: 186227066X.
A well-illustrated but derivative general history. |
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| 3741 | LENTON, H. T. German Warships of World War II. 397p., bibliog., illus. London: Macdonald & Jane's, 1975.
A standard reference work with technical details and notes on the service careers of the various vessels listed. |
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| 3742 | MARTIENSSEN, Anthony. Hitler and His Admirals. xv, 275p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Secker & Warburg; New York: Dutton, 1948.
Concerned with strategy and diplomacy as displayed in the evidence given at the Nuremberg trials and in the Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs. An important work. |
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