The story of Enigma and the breaking of the seemingly impenetrable German codes during World War 2.

Enigma U-Boats : Breaking the Code

Jak P. Mallmann Showell

Ian Allan

Hitler's U-Boat Bases (Fortress Europe)

History

Europe

Sutton Publishing+ltd

The Anti-submarine Reports - Countermeasures Against U-boats (Monthly Reviews): v. 3 (U-boat Archive)

Military Press

From the front flap of this 224 page book: Illustrated with over 330 photographs and drawings, this invaluable compendium provides a basic reference guide to the ships, organization, command and rank structure, leaders and uniforms of the Kriegsmarine. Although heavily outnumbered by the navies of Great Britain and the United States, the German Navy was a considerable thorn in the side of her two powerful adversaries. The U-boat campaign in the North Atlantic threatened to starve Britain into submission, while such major warships as 'Tirpitz', 'Scjarmjprst' and 'Gneisenau' posed a constant threat to Allied shipping lanes. The author has scoured previously untapped sources and collections to provide a wealth of information. The contents include: Major Aspects of German Naval History; Organization of the Kriegsmarine; The German Fleet; Rank, Uniform, Awards, and Insignia; Biographical Notes on notable personalities; Features of the Atlantic U-boat; Chronology; a Glossary and appendices on German Flags, Naval Charts, and 'Enigma'. Each section is lavishly illustrated with photographs, maps, and drawings to provide a valuable companion to German naval studies."

The German Navy in World War Two: An Illustrated Guide to the Kriegsmarine, 1935-1945

Military

Naval_Institute_Press

Written by the son of a U-boat crewman, this book traces the history of the U-boat arm of the Germany Na vy. Illustrated with contemporary photographs and drawings, the book looks at why the U-boats were made, and how they pe rformed in battle. '

U-Boats Under the Swastika

Americas

During the course of World War II, German U-boats threatened Britain's very survival. Noted U-boat historian Jak Mallman-Showell takes a fresh look at the strategy employed by both sides as Germany and Great Britain engaged in a fateful game of measure and countermeasure to gain control of the Atlantic supply lines. Drawing upon original records from the U-boat headquarters, the Royal Navy, and British special intelligence, the author explores how and why U-boat attacks were planned, describes U-boat organization, and tells what actually happened on the high seas. Supplemented by 150 photographs, many published here for the first time, this new study should be required reading for all those interested in the development of strategy and tactics during one of the most critical campaigns of World War II.

U-Boat Warfare: The Evolution of the Wolf Pack

Although the story of the German naval code breakers in World War 2 is less well known than that of the British code breakers at Bletchley Park, their role was undoubtedly significant in the course of the conflict. In German Naval Code Breakers, noted naval historian Jak P. Mallmann Showell, one of Britain's foremost experts on the subject of the U-boat campaign during World War 2, has delved into the archives to produce an account of the wartime German naval code breakers. The book looks in detail at how German code-breaking developed after the traumas of defeat in 1918, the variety of codes used by the British and Allied navies during World War 2, and how the German naval code-breaking department was organised as one of a number of departments involved in the gathering of naval intelligence. In particular, the book gives an account of some of the successes and failures of German code-breaking activities and how these impacted upon naval operations in European waters. Amongst topics examined are the role of the code breakers on the major engagements of the war, such as D-Day and the Battle of the Atlantic. More than 50 years after the end of World War 2, it is time that due credit is given to the important role played by the German naval code breakers in that conflict. Whilst unable, ultimately, to prevent the defeat of Nazi Germany, the role of the German naval code breakers casts a significant new light on many of the events during the course of the war at sea, as examined in this new work from Jak Mallmann Showell. All those who want to know more about this crucial era in naval warfare will find that German Naval Code Breakers provides an interesting new perspective to this aspect of the history of World War 2.

German Naval Code Breakers

Naval Inst Pr

Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 1939-1945

Greenhill Books

First-hand record of the views of Axis high command on naval strategy in the Second World War. Provides revealing commentary on key naval events. Hitler's comments and decisions noted throughout. As the Allies made their inexorable last assault upon Germany in 1945, Adolf Hitler, the supreme commander-in-chief of all German armed forces, ordered that every official military document should be destroyed. Admiral Karl Dsnitz, then supreme commander-in-chief of the Navy, felt differently. The Navy, he believed, had waged an honorable war, and posterity would prove the fairest judge. Accordingly, the records fell into Allied hands. Were it not for Dsnitz's singular decision, this remarkable book would not exist. Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 1939-1945 is the faithful, first-hand account of Hitler's meetings with his high-ranking officers. Such was the nature of these meetings that even secretaries were excluded, and both Raeder and Dsnitz personally checked the typescripts of the meeting-notes before approving them. The conferences concerned either subjects upon which Hitler requested information or topics that the commanders-in-chief wanted to bring to the Fuehrer's attention. This is, therefore, an authentic and intimate account of the views of Axis high command upon naval strategy and its execution throughout World War II, covering such key events as the assault on Norway, the plans to invade Britain, the sinking of the Bismarck, and the Normandy landings. Indeed, Hitler's comments and decisions are noted throughout.

Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal

Stuttgart published Military History - Naval

Das Buch der Deutschen Kriegsmarine 1935 - 1945

Motorbuch

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Enigma U-Boats : Breaking the Code

Hitler's U-Boat Bases (Fortress Europe)

The Anti-submarine Reports - Countermeasures Against U-boats (Monthly Reviews): v. 3 (U-boat Archive)

The German Navy in World War Two: An Illustrated Guide to the Kriegsmarine, 1935-1945

U-Boats Under the Swastika

U-Boat Warfare: The Evolution of the Wolf Pack

German Naval Code Breakers

Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 1939-1945

Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 1939-1945

Das Buch der Deutschen Kriegsmarine 1935 - 1945