Hitler's high seas fleet

Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Weapons Book #23

by Richard Humble

Hitler's high seas fleet (Ballantine's illustrated history of the violent century. Weapons book, #23)

Genres: History, Military Fiction, World War II

160 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1971

About the author

Richard Humble read Military History at Oriel College, Oxford. Now retired after 17 years as a Prison Teacher, he is a published author of 44 books on history for both adult and children's readership.

Reviews

[Robert Hund · Rating 3 out of 5]

Checked out of the Pointe Aux Barques, MI library on vacation August 2000. Good.

[Robert Hepple · Rating 4 out of 5]

Published in 1971, 'Hitler's High Seas Fleet' is one of many in the Pan/Ballantine Illustrated History of World War II, and provides an interesting account of the activities of surface fleet of the German Navy in WW2. As with many in this series, the text by an excellent historian is let down a little by the poor quality of reproduction of the photos, many of which have rather indifferent captioning.

[John E · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very fine history of the German Surfice Navy in World War II. It does not cover the U-boats, but does include a summary of the succeses of the commerce raiders. A main emphesis is how a rather small fleet of ships kept the British (it was only the British that opposed it) tied up and chasing itself. Of course, numbers prevailed in the end -- along with the foolishness of Hitler and his cohorts.