NAVAL MIX - Godfrey Dykes
... foreign construction, German navy, speed in warships. 470pp. illus. sl.rbd. & fdd. gen.ex. £52.00 104. BRASSEYS 1911. 25th year of issue. Comparison of naval strengths plus food & the service, German large guns, German manoeuvres, evolution of Dreadnought. 471pp. gen.ex. £52.00 105. BRASSEYS 1912. 2 ...
... foreign construction, German navy, speed in warships. 470pp. illus. sl.rbd. & fdd. gen.ex. £52.00 104. BRASSEYS 1911. 25th year of issue. Comparison of naval strengths plus food & the service, German large guns, German manoeuvres, evolution of Dreadnought. 471pp. gen.ex. £52.00 105. BRASSEYS 1912. 2 ...
Wolves Without Teeth: The German Torpedo Crisis in World War Two
... Flow. Indeed, the most pressing problem was not detection, but rather the lack of targets present. Though Prien could not have known it, in response to the heavy Luftwaffe reconnaissance of the harbor in the days preceding the foray, the bulk of the Home Fleet had been removed from Scapa Flow and se ...
... Flow. Indeed, the most pressing problem was not detection, but rather the lack of targets present. Though Prien could not have known it, in response to the heavy Luftwaffe reconnaissance of the harbor in the days preceding the foray, the bulk of the Home Fleet had been removed from Scapa Flow and se ...
`Good Hunting`: German Submarine Offensives and South African
... By the end of December 1941, the chief of staff of the Seekriegsleitung25 (SKL), Vice Admiral (VAdm) K Fricke, met with the Japanese naval attaché in Berlin, VAdm N Nomura, to discuss the respective Japanese and German submarine operational areas across the globe. By March 1942, Fricke and Nomura me ...
... By the end of December 1941, the chief of staff of the Seekriegsleitung25 (SKL), Vice Admiral (VAdm) K Fricke, met with the Japanese naval attaché in Berlin, VAdm N Nomura, to discuss the respective Japanese and German submarine operational areas across the globe. By March 1942, Fricke and Nomura me ...
FOREIGN POLICY: THE FICTION OF ISOLATION (pg. 483
... ○ Pacific w/ Jap 1942 occupied Phil, Dutch East Indies, S Pac islands… ○ East Eur b/w Ger and Sov Union Fighting Germany (532-533): ● Ger advance ended 1942 bc US entered war and Soviet victory at Stalingrad ○ GBr/Am strategy was defense at sea, attacking by air ■ Overcoming Ger submarines, known a ...
... ○ Pacific w/ Jap 1942 occupied Phil, Dutch East Indies, S Pac islands… ○ East Eur b/w Ger and Sov Union Fighting Germany (532-533): ● Ger advance ended 1942 bc US entered war and Soviet victory at Stalingrad ○ GBr/Am strategy was defense at sea, attacking by air ■ Overcoming Ger submarines, known a ...
world war ii quarterly - Hawai`i Pacific University
... Palermo, Sicily taking with her 189 officers and men, including the commander of the Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla, Captain H.T. ‘Beaky’ Armstrong, Royal Navy. U-223 also went to the bottom, one of sixty-nine German U-boats lost in the Mediterranean during World War II.2 In Sicily-Salerno-Anzio, Jan ...
... Palermo, Sicily taking with her 189 officers and men, including the commander of the Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla, Captain H.T. ‘Beaky’ Armstrong, Royal Navy. U-223 also went to the bottom, one of sixty-nine German U-boats lost in the Mediterranean during World War II.2 In Sicily-Salerno-Anzio, Jan ...
the constant endeavor: raf coastal command and the battle of the
... The Engagement of U-514 was a prime example of the power of RAF Coastal Command during the Battle of the Atlantic. Fast, deadly, and able to patrol for extended periods of time, the long range aircraft of RAF Coastal Command were a tremendous problem for German submarine crews and the German surface ...
... The Engagement of U-514 was a prime example of the power of RAF Coastal Command during the Battle of the Atlantic. Fast, deadly, and able to patrol for extended periods of time, the long range aircraft of RAF Coastal Command were a tremendous problem for German submarine crews and the German surface ...
Bracknell Paper 2 - Battle of the Atlantic
... war. At the top of the list of novelties, alongside submarine warfare there came air warfare, both creating entirely new dimensions of conflict. The aircraft of 1914 were primitive and feeble, but war brings all technology on very fast, and by 1917 maritime aviation, conducted by the Royal Naval Air ...
... war. At the top of the list of novelties, alongside submarine warfare there came air warfare, both creating entirely new dimensions of conflict. The aircraft of 1914 were primitive and feeble, but war brings all technology on very fast, and by 1917 maritime aviation, conducted by the Royal Naval Air ...
A History of the Submarine U-153, 1939-1942
... The village of Wittigwalde, then in East Prussia, now in Osterode county, Poland, is nestled in a forest of evergreens and surrounded by two lakes, named Obs and Gugoroo. The estate in nearby Osterwein was pillaged by Emperor Napoleon’s men after the Battle of Eylau in 1807. The local church, then ...
... The village of Wittigwalde, then in East Prussia, now in Osterode county, Poland, is nestled in a forest of evergreens and surrounded by two lakes, named Obs and Gugoroo. The estate in nearby Osterwein was pillaged by Emperor Napoleon’s men after the Battle of Eylau in 1807. The local church, then ...
battle of the atlantic - The National Archives
... What’s the background to this source? From 1940 onwards the greatest danger for Britain in WW2 was that German forces could cut off supplies of troops, food, medicine and equipment from Canada and the USA. This was exactly what the Germans tried to do. This campaign became known as the Battle of the ...
... What’s the background to this source? From 1940 onwards the greatest danger for Britain in WW2 was that German forces could cut off supplies of troops, food, medicine and equipment from Canada and the USA. This was exactly what the Germans tried to do. This campaign became known as the Battle of the ...
INTRODUCTION - war changes climate
... sun. We did it by concentrating research on the winter period during the 1st and the 2nd war winters of WWII. The second condition for improving experimental conditions is to exclude the external influence of the water influx coming from different sources, e.g. the Atlantic Ocean. The Baltic Sea is ...
... sun. We did it by concentrating research on the winter period during the 1st and the 2nd war winters of WWII. The second condition for improving experimental conditions is to exclude the external influence of the water influx coming from different sources, e.g. the Atlantic Ocean. The Baltic Sea is ...
Valour at Sea
... beginning and for the duration. Canada’s merchant fleet was all but gone, but the skilled Canadian and Newfoundland crews that had sailed them were not. These crews formed a significant part of the quarter million men3 who, at the outbreak of the First World War, manned the 12,600 steamships serving ...
... beginning and for the duration. Canada’s merchant fleet was all but gone, but the skilled Canadian and Newfoundland crews that had sailed them were not. These crews formed a significant part of the quarter million men3 who, at the outbreak of the First World War, manned the 12,600 steamships serving ...
Remembrance Series
... beginning and for the duration. Canada’s merchant fleet was all but gone, but the skilled Canadian and Newfoundland crews that had sailed them were not. These crews formed a significant part of the quarter million men3 who, at the outbreak of the First World War, manned the 12,600 steamships serving ...
... beginning and for the duration. Canada’s merchant fleet was all but gone, but the skilled Canadian and Newfoundland crews that had sailed them were not. These crews formed a significant part of the quarter million men3 who, at the outbreak of the First World War, manned the 12,600 steamships serving ...
World War I Underwater Cultural Heritage in the Belgian part of the
... The submarines could drop mines close to enemy harbours without being seen. Of course, the Allies used new techniques to defend themselves against the German submarines. The sonar and the depth charge would both turn out to be very powerful anti-submarine weapons. Numerous other measures also hinder ...
... The submarines could drop mines close to enemy harbours without being seen. Of course, the Allies used new techniques to defend themselves against the German submarines. The sonar and the depth charge would both turn out to be very powerful anti-submarine weapons. Numerous other measures also hinder ...
Valour at Sea - The Merchant Navy
... On May 10, Germany launched its blitzkrieg campaigns against the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and France. With German troops pressing from all sides, the Allied troops in Europe were forced to the English Channel at Dunkirk, France, with the sea as the only hope of escape. Between May 27 and Ju ...
... On May 10, Germany launched its blitzkrieg campaigns against the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and France. With German troops pressing from all sides, the Allied troops in Europe were forced to the English Channel at Dunkirk, France, with the sea as the only hope of escape. Between May 27 and Ju ...
Was the RCN ever the Third Largest Navy?
... on that day. In terms of the types of vessels which will form the basis of our comparison of the RCN with other navies, a total of 278 were in service on VE-Day. Well before VE-Day it was decided that the Canadian naval contribution to the final operations against Japan would be limited in size. Apa ...
... on that day. In terms of the types of vessels which will form the basis of our comparison of the RCN with other navies, a total of 278 were in service on VE-Day. Well before VE-Day it was decided that the Canadian naval contribution to the final operations against Japan would be limited in size. Apa ...
The Utility of Seapower: the Battle of the atlantic and the
... bureaucracy,” and insufficient labor and capital.21 As a result, Britain relied heavily on American imports for equipment (Table 3), including the turbine blades and impellers of jet aircraft that bombed German industrial areas.22 Almost 9 million tons of equipment were shipped across the Atlantic b ...
... bureaucracy,” and insufficient labor and capital.21 As a result, Britain relied heavily on American imports for equipment (Table 3), including the turbine blades and impellers of jet aircraft that bombed German industrial areas.22 Almost 9 million tons of equipment were shipped across the Atlantic b ...
The Strategy In The Battle For The Atlantic
... another approximately ten million tonnes of merchant U-boat campaign had sunk around 18.5 million tonnes of Allied shipping in total).19 The industrial capacity of the US, to manufacture for both her own increasing needs in the Pacific theatre, as well as that of the Allies in the Atlantic and more ...
... another approximately ten million tonnes of merchant U-boat campaign had sunk around 18.5 million tonnes of Allied shipping in total).19 The industrial capacity of the US, to manufacture for both her own increasing needs in the Pacific theatre, as well as that of the Allies in the Atlantic and more ...
Supplement Two-2.pub - Friends of the Canadian War Museum
... was the longest campaign of the Second World War. It pitted Allied navies against German and Italian naval forces, especially submarines, in a battle to safeguard the essential flow of shipping between North America and Europe. On any given day 125 merchant vessels were sailing in convoy across the ...
... was the longest campaign of the Second World War. It pitted Allied navies against German and Italian naval forces, especially submarines, in a battle to safeguard the essential flow of shipping between North America and Europe. On any given day 125 merchant vessels were sailing in convoy across the ...
Neutrality Act
... France and Britain in war • Congress eased up, and allowed for sale of weapons, but ONLY as a “cash-and-carry” • Neutrality Act of 1939 • Britain needed more destroyers to attack German U-Boats • FDR worked around Neutrality Laws yet again with ...
... France and Britain in war • Congress eased up, and allowed for sale of weapons, but ONLY as a “cash-and-carry” • Neutrality Act of 1939 • Britain needed more destroyers to attack German U-Boats • FDR worked around Neutrality Laws yet again with ...
Virginia State History – WWII Era (1940-1948)
... Virginia and saw action in the ___________________________ theater of the War (e.g., USS Ticonderoga). 46. Many training camps were set up in Virginia. Camp ______________ was built in WWI and over _______________________ soldiers trained there during WWII. 47. Camp Pickett near Blackstone, VA becam ...
... Virginia and saw action in the ___________________________ theater of the War (e.g., USS Ticonderoga). 46. Many training camps were set up in Virginia. Camp ______________ was built in WWI and over _______________________ soldiers trained there during WWII. 47. Camp Pickett near Blackstone, VA becam ...
Part 2
... which enables them to detect submarines and attack them in low cloud, bad visibility, or at nights. Much the largest number of submarines now being sunk are being sunk by aircraft. … These losses are too high. We must now husband our resources because, to do anything else, would simply be to play th ...
... which enables them to detect submarines and attack them in low cloud, bad visibility, or at nights. Much the largest number of submarines now being sunk are being sunk by aircraft. … These losses are too high. We must now husband our resources because, to do anything else, would simply be to play th ...
World War II Timeline 1. 1931 Japan Seizes the
... 13. August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact 14. September 1, 1939 Poland 15. April 1940 16. May 1940 17. May 6 – June 4, 1940 Dunkirk 18. *June 10, 1940 Italy entered World War II on the Axis side 19. June 22, 1940 20. August 1940 21. *September 27, 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, w ...
... 13. August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact 14. September 1, 1939 Poland 15. April 1940 16. May 1940 17. May 6 – June 4, 1940 Dunkirk 18. *June 10, 1940 Italy entered World War II on the Axis side 19. June 22, 1940 20. August 1940 21. *September 27, 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, w ...
World War II: The ETO
... struggle to maintain and the Axis struggle to cut off the shipping that enabled Britain to survive. From 1942 onwards, the Germans also sought to prevent the build-up of Allied troops and equipment in the British Isles in preparation for the invasion of occupied Europe and to destroy all Allied navi ...
... struggle to maintain and the Axis struggle to cut off the shipping that enabled Britain to survive. From 1942 onwards, the Germans also sought to prevent the build-up of Allied troops and equipment in the British Isles in preparation for the invasion of occupied Europe and to destroy all Allied navi ...
Slaughter of the Milk Cows
... As originally envisioned, the U-tankers would be spotted at strategic points in the midocean void where Allied warships were least likely to be encountered. It must be remembered that in the early stages of the Atlantic War the Allies had few aircraft able to patrol the so-called mid-Atlantic gap. A ...
... As originally envisioned, the U-tankers would be spotted at strategic points in the midocean void where Allied warships were least likely to be encountered. It must be remembered that in the early stages of the Atlantic War the Allies had few aircraft able to patrol the so-called mid-Atlantic gap. A ...
World War II: The Atlantic War, 1941-1945
... When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, the German Army used a revolutionary new tactic called blitzkrieg (lightning war). Rather than move overland on foot, German troops used motor vehicles and tanks to advance deep into enemy territory before the defenses could react. Germany overran weste ...
... When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, the German Army used a revolutionary new tactic called blitzkrieg (lightning war). Rather than move overland on foot, German troops used motor vehicles and tanks to advance deep into enemy territory before the defenses could react. Germany overran weste ...
Kriegsmarine
The Kriegsmarine (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁiːksmaˌʁiːnə], War Navy) was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of World War I and the inter-war Reichsmarine. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches of the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of Nazi Germany.The Kriegsmarine grew rapidly during German naval rearmament in the 1930s (the Treaty of Versailles had limited the size of the German navy previously). Kriegsmarine ships were deployed to the waters around Spain during the Spanish Civil War, under the guise of enforcing non-intervention, but in reality supporting the Franco side of the war.In January 1939 Plan Z was ordered, calling for naval parity with the Royal Navy by 1944. However, when World War II broke out in September 1939, Plan Z was shelved in favour of building submarines (U-boats) and prioritizing land and air forces.The Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (as for all branches of armed forces during the period of absolute Nazi power) was Adolf Hitler, who exercised his authority through the Oberkommando der Marine.The Kriegsmarine 's most famous ships were the U-boats, most of which were constructed after Plan Z was abandoned at the beginning of World War II. Wolfpacks were rapidly assembled groups of submarines which attacked British convoys during the first half of the Battle of the Atlantic but this tactic was largely abandoned in the second half of the war. Along with the U-boats, surface commerce raiders (including auxiliary cruisers) were used to disrupt Allied shipping in the early years of the war, the most famous of these being the heavy cruisers Admiral Graf Spee and Admiral Scheer and the battleship Bismarck. However, the adoption of convoy escorts, especially in the Atlantic, greatly reduced the effectiveness of commerce raiders against convoys.After the Second World War, the Kriegsmarine's remaining ships were divided up amongst the Allied powers and were used for various purposes including minesweeping.