ebooks Knight's Cross: v. 2: German and Axis Armed Forces 1939-1945 by David Lynne-Gordon in History

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An insight into the design; construction and operation of the feared World War 2 German Type VIIC U-boat. The German Type VIIC U-boat; scourge of Allied shipping convoys during the Second World War; was the workhorse of the German U-boat force. With some 568 Type VIIs in use between 1940 and 1945 it was a potent fighting vessel that could hunt for long periods in the far reaches of the western and southern Atlantic. Centerpiece of the Haynes U-boat Owners' Workshop Manual is the sole surviving example of a Type VIIC U-boat; U-995; which is on display at the German Naval Memorial near Kiel in northern Germany.