Название: German S-Boats: In Action in the Second World War
Автор: Hans Frank
Издательство: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1844157164
Год: 2007
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 208
Размер: 32,1 МБ
Язык: Английский
A detailed narrative of S-boat, or schnellboot, actions during World War II in all the theatres where they were deployed. The author, describes, with the help of a multitude of maps and photographs, all the incidents that these 45-knot fast attack craft were involved in. The German motor torpedo boat (German: S-boot, English: E-boat) was a controversial subject in the pre-war period of German naval rearmament. As late as 1938, the Fleet Commander recommended that S-boot building be terminated on the grounds that the craft was merely a 'weapon of opportunity' without a defined role.