Description
Product ID: | 9781472801227 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | New Vanguard |
Title: | Axis Midget Submarines |
Subtitle: | 1939–45 |
Authors: | Author: Jamie Prenatt, Mr Paul Wright, Mark Stille |
Page Count: | 48 |
Subjects: | History, History, Second World War, Warfare and defence, Naval forces and warfare, Military vehicles, Second World War, Warfare & defence, Naval forces & warfare, Military & naval ships |
Description: | Select Guide Rating During World War II, Germany, Japan, and Italy built approximately 2,000 small, inherently stealthy, naval craft to perform special operations and conventional naval missions. This volume details the history, weapons, and operations of German, Japanese, and Italian midget submarines. Axis Midget Submarines details the history, weapons, and operations of German, Japanese, and Italian midget submarines during World War II. Over this period, Germany, Japan, and Italy built approximately 2,000 small, inherently stealthy, naval craft to perform special operations and conventional navy missions. Much more numerous and more technically advanced than their Allied counterparts, they saw service worldwide, operating in the Pacific, Mediterranean, Black Sea, Indian Ocean, North Sea, and the English Channel. Manned by courageous crews, these vessels made daring attacks on Allied ships in heavily protected anchorages using torpedoes and mines. Most notable were attacks against Gibraltar - launched from an Italian cargo vessel interred in nearby neutral Spain that had been converted into a clandestine support base and equipped with an underwater hatch - and Pearl Harbor. They were used against shipping in coastal waters and, near the end of the war, in desperate attempts to offset their opponents'' overwhelming naval superiority during the US advance across the Pacific and the Allied amphibious landings in France and Italy. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2014-06-20 |