The Luftwaffe and the War at Sea provides an unrivaled look at struggle for control of the sea in the European theatre from the point of view of the German offices - Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe - that fought it.
The contributing authors were involved in all aspects of German attempts to control the seas, from the use of Ju-87 Stuka dive-bombers in the invasion of Norway to the missions of FW-200 Kondors in cooperation with the U-boat campaign against Britain's Atlantic lifelines. These reports were either written as secret reports during the war for the benefit of the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe - the Air Force General Staff - or were written immediately after the war when most of the German High Command were prisoners of war or working for the US military. While they lacked the full story of the Allied efforts against them, these reports had the immediacy of either being prepared in wartime or soon afterwards.
The book also benefits from having been written specifically for an audience well-versed in naval and aviation affairs: Luftwaffe generals or the US military. The detail contained is unique and allows the reader a fresh perspective on these famous campaigns.

The Luftwaffe and the war at sea, 1939-1945 : as seen by officers of the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe and the war at sea, 1939 - 1945 as seen by officers of the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe

Karl Dönitz; David C Isby

edited by David C. Isby

Isby, David C

London: Chatham ; Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books

Greenhill Books

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

First Edition (U.K.), US, 2005

LONDON, Unknown, May 2005

First, 2006

"Grossadmiral Karl Doenitz, Kontreadmiral Gerhard Wagner, General der Flieger Ulrich O.E. Kessler, Vizeadmiral Eberhard Weichold, Oberst i.G. Walter Gaul, Kapitan zur See Hans-Jurgen Reinecke, Korvetten Kapitan Otto Mejer, Kapitanleutnant Hans-Diedrich Freiherr von Tiesenhausen."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-288).

This Book Is a Collection of fascinating accounts written by German military officers - both Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe - about the naval war in the air in the North Atlantic and around Great Britain. Most of the documents were written immediately postwar as part of the Allied debriefing programme though some are wartime German originals produced for internal use by military staffs, but all have the value of immediacy; they were written when memories were fresh and, in many cases, by those who were directly caught up in the actions.These men were personally involved in all aspects of the German effort to control the seas through maritime air power, from the use of Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers during the invasion of Norway to the missions of FW 200 Kondors in cooperation with the U-boat campaign against Britain's Atlantic lifelines, and the writers include such well-known names as Grossadmiral Karl Doenitz, Kontreadmiral Gerhard Wagner, General der Flieger Ulrich O E Kessler, and Vizeadmiral Eberhard Weichold.The history recounted in these reports is unique and first-hand, allowing the reader a fresh perspective on those famous campaigns. Furthermore, much of that wartime experience was harnessed during the formation of the Bundersmarine's Marineflieger in the 1950s that then served throughout the Cold War and today is participating in the global war on terror with its Atlantic marine patrols.

Edited By David C. Isby. Grossadmiral Karl Doenitz, Kontreadmiral Gerhard Wagner, General Der Flieger Ulrich O.e. Kessler, Vizeadmiral Eberhard Weichold, Oberst I.g. Walter Gaul, Kapitan Zur See Hans-jurgen Reinecke, Korvetten Kapitan Otto Mejer, Kapitanleutnant Hans-diedrich Freiherr Von Tiesenhausen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 286-288).

288 p. : 24 cm
"Grossadmiral Karl Doenitz, Kontreadmiral Gerhard Wagner, General der Flieger Ulrich O.E. Kessler, Vizeadmiral Eberhard Weichold, Oberst i.G. Walter Gaul, Kapitan zur See Hans-Jurgen Reinecke, Korvetten Kapitan Otto Mejer, Kapitanleutnant Hans-Diedrich Freiherr von Tiesenhausen."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-288)

Om den tyske indsats under den 2. Verdenskrig med det formål at kontrollere Sea Lines of Communication i atlanterhavet omkring England og i forbindelse med invasionen af Norge. Grundlaget for bogen er det allierde debriefing program efter krigen samt originale tyske dokumenter produceret til internt brug af de tyske stabe under krigen

2023-06-28