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Weapons of Desperation
German Frogmen and Midget Submarines of World War II
- 272 pages
- English
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About this book
As the Third Reich headed for destruction, German ingenuity in the naval field turned to unconventional weapons – midget submarines, radio-controlled explosive boats, and various forms of underwater sabotage.This is one of the last un-chronicled areas of World War II naval history and this well-known author describes how, facing overwhelming odds, German sailors – most of them volunteers – mounted attacks that were little better than suicide missions.Judged by their effect on the Allied advance, their successes were slight, but there seems to have been no collapse of morale and the indomitable bravery of those involved makes riveting reading. Pieced together from fragmentary sources, this largely untold story uncovers some of the most desperate operations of the War.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Comparative Rank Table
- Introduction
- 1 The Ideal Defence: German development of the Small Battle Unit concept
- 2 Baptism of Fire: Anzio
- 3 The K-Verbände in Italy: Linsens and Storm Boats
- 4 Battles off Normandy: Attacks against D-Day shipping
- 5 River Assault: German frogmen in action
- 6 The Southern Front: The K-Verbände in the Mediterranean
- 7 New Weaponry: Hecht and Seehund
- 8 The Netherlands: Battles in the Scheldt
- 9 Twilight of the Gods: 1945
- 10 Midgets and Commandos: Final operations in The Mediterranean and Adriatic seas
- 11 Conventional War: Seehunds in the Thames Estuary
- 12 To East and West: K-Verbände river attacks
- 13 Norway, the Final Citadel: The K-Verbände in Scandinavia
- Appendix
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Plate section