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Eagles Over The Sea: Luftwaffe Maritime Operations 1935-42 Hardcover Details
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| ISBN-13: | 9781526740021 |
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| Author 1: | Lawrence Paterson |
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| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Pen And Sword Books Ltd |
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| Number of Pages: | 384 |
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| About the Author: | LAWRENCE PATERSON has spent many years researching aspects of German naval operations and has written more than ten books on various aspects of the Kreigsmarine, including _Donitz'_s _Last Gamble, Black Flag_, _Schnellboote_ and, most recently, _Hitler's Forgotten Flotillas_, a study of the Kriegsmarine's security forces, all published by Seaforth. |
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| Book Description: | The arduous development of a dedicated naval air arm for Germany's resurgent military was fraught with the kind of fierce inter-service rivalry that was rife throughout the turbulent history of the Third Reich. However, almost despite the odds, a small dedicated maritime strike force was assembled, germinating during the Spanish Civil War before being committed to action from the first days of the invasion of Poland. Concurrently, the operational Luftwaffe developed its own maritime units that would eventually subsume all of the Kriegsmarine-controlled formations as the war years progressed. This new book by the well-known author of German naval operations in WWII offers, for the first time, an in-depth study of all the Luftwaffe maritime operations. This is the first of two volumes and takes the story up to 1942. |
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| Editorial Review: | This is a good addition to the literature on the Luftwaffe, focusing on a key element of the war, but one where the Germans had to cope with a self-inflicted wound imposed by Goring as well as the inherent dangers of operating over the sea and British and Soviet opposition. --History of War "This book presents an impressive amount of detail which dedicated researchers will find authoritative yet is also very readable to more casual readers who are interested in understanding an aspect of German Luftwaffe operations previously overlooked by historians. I highly recommend this book and believe it strongly deserves your consideration." --The Australian Naval Institute "This is a really intriguing book. What purports to be a history of Luftwaffe maritime units is actually a very human story about failed relationships, inter-service rivalries, and individual one-upmanship by very senior officers who should have known much better. This utterly depressing, all-too-familiar backdrop is brightened by individual examples of courage and tenacity by both tactical units and individual crews.... Good stuff." --The Naval Review |
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| Publication Date: | 1 October 2019 |
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