Hitler's Forgotten Flotillas: Kriegsmarine Security Forces

by Lawrence Paterson

This study of the Kriegsmarine's Sicherungsstreitkr fte, their security forces, fills a gap in the study of the German navy in World War II. This book describes the wide array of vessels including patrol boats, minesweepers, submarine hunters, barrage breakers, landing craft, minelayers, and even the riverine flotilla that patrolled the Danube as it snaked towards the Black Sea. These vessels may not have provided the glamour associated with capital...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473882397
• ISBN13: 9781473882393
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"