The Kriegsmarine 1935-1945

by Harlan David Porter

Germany's navy, the Kriegsmarine, played a critical role in the Third Reich's attempt to restrict the flow of supplies, men and materiel from the United States to Britain in the early years of the war and from North America and Britain to the Soviet Union from 1941. Such was the success of the U-boats in particular, by the end of the war more than 3000 Allied ships with a combined gross tonnage 14.5 million had been sent to the bottom of the sea. World War II Data The Kriegsmarine, 1939-45 gets behind this massive organization to reveal the workings of the German Navy through its organization, command structure, economic resources, production figures, recruitment, training and philosophy. Broken down by key campaigns and subject areas, the book includes exhaustive reference tables, diagrams, colorful maps and charts, presenting all the core data in easy-to-follow formats. World War II Data The Kriegsmarine, 1939-45 is an essential reference guide for anyone interested in the history and structure of Germany's wartime navy.

Genres: History

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

David Porter was born and raised in Tuscola, Illinois, and has been writing professionally since 1984. He is a newspaper editor and former owner/publisher of three newspapers: The Tuscola Review, Arcola Record-Herald and Lebanon Advertiser. He publishes under both Harlan Porter and David Porter.

He previously worked as Director of Communications for the Illinois Press Association and served as president of the Southern Illinois Editorial Association.

His book, The Make-out Room & Other Stories, under David Porter, is a compilation of 123 newspaper columns with a wide variety of subjects. Light reading.

His wife, Jennie, is a retired Kindergarten teacher in Tuscola. The two were classmates having first met in the same Kindergarten classroom where she started her career.

Note: Goodreads tends to links all books written by people of the same name. Books by me are The Make-out Room & Other Stories by David Porter; How to Publish a Newspaper In Print and Online by David Porter; and two novels under Harlan Porter: Killseeker and Telling Secrets (coming out June 2026).