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German Raiders: A history of auxiliary cruisers of the German Navy 1895-1945 / Paul Schmalenbach

By: Schmalenbach, PaulContributor(s): Lewis, Keith [Traductor]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Summary language: English Publication details: Cambridge, Inglaterra: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1979. Edition: PrimeraDescription: 144 páginas 20 x 24 centímetrosContent type: texto Media type: sin medio Carrier type: volumenISBN: 0850593514Other title: Die deutschen Hilfskreuzer 1895-1945Subject(s): BUQUES | TRANSPORTE MARÍTIMO | PRIMERA GUERRA MUNDIAL | SEGUNDA GUERRA MUNDIAL | ALEMANIA | BUQUES MERCANTES | CRUCEROS | KRIEGSMARINE
Contents:
Preface. Foreword. Key to abbreviations. Picture credits. The development of the auxiliary cruiser up to 1914. The role of the German auxiliary cruiser in the war at sea. Commanders and their crews. The Ships. The planned auxiliary cruisers of 1914. Equipment for war. Training. Operation orders. Departure. Routine. The use of aircraft. Minelaying. The cruiser war. Hunting the whalers. Leisure. Supply. Maintenance. Action. "Strangers aboard!". Homecoming - or not?. Retrospect and prospect. Summary of commerce raiding by auxiliary cruisers, including related incidents. The fate of the auxiliary cruisers. Successes in the German Auxiliary cruisers' commerce war. Summary of source material. Index.
Summary: Durante dos guerras mundiales, los cruceros auxiliares alemanes, o corsarios comerciales, fueron la pesadilla de los buques mercantes aliados. Este volumen, profusamente ilustrado y repleto de datos, escrito por un exoficial naval alemán, es un testimonio de las tripulaciones que libraron una guerra solitaria y arriesgada con valentía y caballerosidad. Contiene una gran cantidad de detalles, en su mayoría inéditos, sobre los buques y sus tripulaciones, así como sobre su armamento, técnicas operativas y métodos de engaño.
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Posee bibliografía clasificada por temas: Desarrollo hasta 1914, Primera Guerra Mundial y Segunda Guerra Mundial

Preface. Foreword. Key to abbreviations. Picture credits. The development of the auxiliary cruiser up to 1914. The role of the German auxiliary cruiser in the war at sea. Commanders and their crews. The Ships. The planned auxiliary cruisers of 1914. Equipment for war. Training. Operation orders. Departure. Routine. The use of aircraft. Minelaying. The cruiser war. Hunting the whalers. Leisure. Supply. Maintenance. Action. "Strangers aboard!". Homecoming - or not?. Retrospect and prospect. Summary of commerce raiding by auxiliary cruisers, including related incidents. The fate of the auxiliary cruisers. Successes in the German Auxiliary cruisers' commerce war. Summary of source material. Index.

Durante dos guerras mundiales, los cruceros auxiliares alemanes, o corsarios comerciales, fueron la pesadilla de los buques mercantes aliados. Este volumen, profusamente ilustrado y repleto de datos, escrito por un exoficial naval alemán, es un testimonio de las tripulaciones que libraron una guerra solitaria y arriesgada con valentía y caballerosidad. Contiene una gran cantidad de detalles, en su mayoría inéditos, sobre los buques y sus tripulaciones, así como sobre su armamento, técnicas operativas y métodos de engaño.

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