{"product_id":"9781472845962-big-guns-in-the-atlantic","title":"Big Guns in the Atlantic","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGermany’s battleships and cruisers raid the convoys, 1939–41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe history of Germany's early raids in the Atlantic, focusing on the success of 1941's Operation \u003ci\u003eBerlin \u003c\/i\u003eand how it led to the Kriegsmarine sending in its greatest battleship - the mighty, ill-fated \u003ci\u003eBismarck\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating and detailed analysis of the Kriegsmarine’s Atlantic raids in the early war, ideal for readers interested in Germany’s World War II naval operations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the outbreak of World War II the German Kriegsmarine still had a relatively small U-boat arm. To reach Britain's convoy routes in the North Atlantic, these boats had to pass around the top of the British Isles - a long and dangerous voyage to their \"hunting grounds\". Then, the fall of France, Denmark and Norway in early 1940 dramatically altered the strategic situation. The Atlantic was now far easier to reach, and to escape from.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing coverage of the armoured cruiser \u003ci\u003eDeutschland\u003c\/i\u003e, battlecruisers \u003ci\u003eScharnhorst \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGneisenau \u003c\/i\u003eand cruisers \u003ci\u003eAdmiral Scheer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAdmiral Hipper\u003c\/i\u003e, this book by acclaimed naval expert Angus Konstam examines the efficacy and risk of German naval operations in the Atlantic, from \u003ci\u003eOperation Berlin \u003c\/i\u003eto the \u003ci\u003eBismarck. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944507813985,"sku":"9781472845962","price":15.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33131718.jpg?v=1739420719","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472845962-big-guns-in-the-atlantic","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}