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U-boats offshore U-boats offshore Edwin Palmer Hoyt We very nealy lost WWII. Not at pearl Harbor nor in the land battles of Europe, but on our own doorstep. This is the story of what happened in the early days of the war when Nazi U-boats were sent ag… OL115850W
WW1 at Sea WW1 at Sea Victoria Carolan Images of WWI in the popular consciousness normally involve the bloody attrition of trench warfare, the miles of mud, the shattered earth, the tangled miles of barbed wire. However there was another … OL15174866W
Hitler's Naval War Hitler's Naval War Cajus Bekker Bekker does a wonderful job highlighting the major surface and U-boat actions and, the somewhat lesser known actions of the German Kriegsmarine in WWII. As a intellegence officer in WWII, Bekker has … OL15409868W
Bismarck Bismarck Niklas Zetterling 320 pages : 24 cm OL15527529W
Exploring the Bismarck Exploring the Bismarck Robert D. Ballard Recreates the sea battle that sank the German battleship Bismarck in World War II and recounts how the shipwreck was discovered in 1989. OL1805552W
Shadow Divers Shadow Divers Robert Kurson Shadow Divers is a riveting true adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery–and make history themselves. For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler,… OL1909529W
Where divers dare Where divers dare Randall S. Peffer "In the tradition of Shadow Divers, this is the gripping true account of the search for German U-boat U-550, the last unfound, diveable wreck of a U-boat off the United States coast, and the battle i… OL19670534W
Grey wolves Grey wolves Philip Kaplan "In the early years of the Second World War, the elite force of German submariners known as the Ubootwaffe came perilously close to perfecting the underwater battle tactics and successfully cutting B… OL19979396W
The Mathews men The Mathews men William Geroux One of the last unheralded heroic stories of World War II: the U-boat assault off the American coast against the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine who were supplying the European war, and one community… OL20030160W
Lusitania Lusitania Diana Preston "On May 7, 1915, toward tbe end of her 101st eastbound crossing, from New York to Liverpool, England, R.M.S. Lusitania - pride of the Cunard Line and one of the greatest ocean liners afloat - became … OL2098732W
Robert Ballard's Bismarck Robert Ballard's Bismarck Robert D. Ballard,Rick Archbold This book recreates the story of the British navy's sinking of the "Bismarck" and includes an account of the high-tech hunt for the "Bismarck" that culminated in its rediscovery. OL24685826W
Militärstrategie Deutschlands 1940-1945 Militärstrategie Deutschlands 1940-1945 Heinz Magenheimer 352 p. : 20 cm OL2561848W
Raiders of the Deep Raiders of the Deep Lowell Thomas, Sr. This 1928 bestseller by the internationally renowned journalist Lowell Thomas was the first American account of German submariners to offer a sympathetic, behind-the-scenes look at the men who prowle… OL2606312W
The Diary of a U-boat Commander The Diary of a U-boat Commander "I would ask you a favour," said the German captain, as we sat in the cabin of a U-boat which had just been added to the long line of bedraggled captives which stretched themselves for a mile or more… OL264707W
Leopoldville Leopoldville Allan Andrade On Christmas Eve 1944, the Belgium troopship Leopoldville, left the pier at Southampton, England with over 2,000 American soldiers assigned to the 66th Infantry Division and crossed the English Chann… OL2683151W
The last voyages of the Waterford steamers The last voyages of the Waterford steamers Richard McElwee ssformby ship torpedoed by German u boat OL3112174W
If the gods are good If the gods are good Gerald Duskin ix, 270 p. : 21 cm OL5708563W
Gentlemen of war Gentlemen of war Dan van der Vat Details the adventures of the World War I German light cruiser the S.M.S. Emden and its captain Karl von Müller. OL622230W
The Sinking of the Scharnhorst The Sinking of the Scharnhorst Fritz Otto Busch On Christmas Day, 1943, blinded by the fury of an Arctic blizzard, encircled by enemy destroyers, the German battleship Scharnhorst fought for her life. The luck of the Scharnhorst had become a legen… OL7122050W
Fiasco Fiasco John Deane Potter It is an enthralling read of the two German Battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst along with the cruiser Prinz Eugen when they made their famous "dash" on 12th/13th February 1942 through the English … OL805350W
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