Axis Midget Submarines - 1939-45

Informationen zum Autor Jamie E. Prenatt is a senior analyst in the Department of Defense. He has over 30 years of military and civilian intelligence experience and has served in a wide range of analytic, leadership, and representational assignments. He holds an MA in Government/National Security Policy from Georgetown University and has a particular interest in weapon systems development. He has taught military history, wargaming, and historical miniature painting at the Smithsonian Institution for several years and intelligence studies at the university level. Klappentext During World War II, Germany, Japan, and Italy built approximately 2,000 small, inherently stealthy, naval craft to perform special operations and conventional naval missions. Much more numerous and more technically advanced than their Allied counterparts, they saw service worldwide, operating in the Pacific, Mediterranean, Black Sea, Indian Ocean, North Sea, and the English channel. Manned by courageous crews, these vessels made daring attacks on Allied ships in heavily protected anchorages using torpedoes and mines. Most notable were attacks against Gibraltar - launched from an Italian cargo vessel interred in nearby neutral Spain that had been converted into a clandestine support base and equipped with an underwater hatch - and Pearl Harbor. They were used against shipping in coastal waters and, near the end of the war, in desperate attempts to offset their opponents' overwhelming naval superiority during the US advance across the Pacific and the Allied amphibious landings in France and Italy. This volume will detail the history, weapons, and operations of German, Japanese, and Italian midget submarines.An in-depth study of the midget submarines of the Axis powers of World War II. Zusammenfassung During World War II, Germany, Japan, and Italy built approximately 2,000 small, inherently stealthy, naval craft to perform special operations and conventional naval missions. This volume details the history, weapons, and operations of German, Japanese, and Italian midget submarines. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction/ The midget submarine in naval history/ Italy/ Japan/ Germany/ Analysis and Conclusion...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jamie Prenatt, Jamie Stille Prenatt, Prenatt Jamie, Mark Stille, Stille Mark
• Collaboration: Paul Wright (Illustrations)
• Edition: Osprey Publishers
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 20.06.2014
• EAN: 9781472801227
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-0122-7
• Pages: 48
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 239 mm x 5 mm
• Thèmes: New Vanguard; New Vanguard
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > 20e siècle (jusqu'en 1945); Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Théories de l'Etat et administration politique; HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, Naval forces & warfare, Military vehicles, Warfare & defence, Second World War, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Naval forces and warfare, Military & Naval Ships, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General