Naval Warfare in the Baltic, 1939-1945 - War in a Narrow Sea

Previous books written about naval warfare in the Baltic from 1939 to 1945 focus only on single navies, while the role of smaller secondary players--the Finnish, Danish or Swedish navies--tends to be ignored. This book looks at the overall picture, with each player receiving his proper due. One of the narrow seas, the Baltic has a set of characteristics and operational problems different from those on any open ocean. It is these challenges that this book seeks to emphasize, challenges which the U.S. Navy will now face.

List of contents

Introduction
September 1939--June 1941: Poland and the Winter War
June 1941--December 1941: Operation BARBAROSSA
January 1942--January 1944: Interregnum
January 1944--January 1945: The Tide Turns
January 1945--May 1945: Gotterdammerung
Conclusion
Appendixes
Annotated Bibliography
Index

About the author

CHARLES W. KOBURGER, JR. retired from the U.S. Coast Guard as a reservist with the rank of Captain after 20 years of active duty and is now an independent consultant on maritime affairs, writing naval history as a second effort./e He has published widely on naval and other maritime subjects on both sides of the Atlantic.

Product details

• Authors: C. W. Koburger, Charles Koburger, Charles W. Jr. Koburger
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.12.1994
• EAN: 9780275950279
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95027-9
• No. of pages: 176
• Weight: 851 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Military / Naval, Baltic Sea, Naval forces & warfare, Second World War, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Naval forces and warfare, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater