Hitler's Gateway to the Atlantic: German Naval Bases in France, 1940–1945 by Hellwinkel, Lars - 2014-05-15

Naval Institute Press, 2014-05-15. Hardcover. Good. Sturdy copy with dust jacket. Jacket shows very minor shelf wear. Some staining on outside page edges, especially on the side and bottom. Text is otherwise unmarked. WWII History. AKL

Annapolis, MD.: Naval Institute Press, 2014. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. v + 234 pp., photo frontis, b/w photos, maps, notes, index. German Naval Bases in France, 1940-1945. Translated from the German by Geoffrey Brooks. First English language edition by Pen & Sword in Great Britain. This is the first American edition by Naval Inst. Press. The role of the German naval ports on the French coast during World War II. Bright red colored cloth bound hard cover in fine cond. D/W also in fine cond.

Annapolis, MD.: Naval Institute Press, 2014. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 234 pp., b/w frontis photo, b/w photos, maps, notes, index. German Naval Bases in France, 1940-1945. Translated from the German by Geoffrey Brooks. First pub. in Germany in 2012. First English edition pub. by Seaforth Pub., Pen & Sword Books. This is the first Naval Inst. Pr. U.S. edition. Bright red cloth bound hard cover book & d/w both in fine cond.

Naval Institute Press. very nice copy . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2014.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New. Employing new research from both German and French sources, the author examines the role that the French Atlantic ports played for the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War.<br /><p>When the Wehrmacht overran France in May and June of 1940, the German navy's dream of access to the Atlantic was realized, and Brest, Lorient, St Nazaire, La Pallice and Bordeaux were converted into naval bases for surface, U-boat and auxiliary cruiser operations, though it is only the heavily fortified U-boat bunkers that have received any attention to date. The book describes the extent to which the French, both locally and at the level of the Vichy Government, cooperated with the German authorities in occupied France to convert the existing ports, and explains how the 45,000 workers of the Todt Organisation built the monumental bunkers and other facilities. This fascinating narrative of the German occupation is balanced by the story of the vicious British maritime-air campaign that was… Read More

Naval Inst Pr, 2014. Hardcover. New. 234 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.75 inches.