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Combining newly released top-secret Admiralty reports, rare photographic materials, and extensive interviews with eyewitnesses from three nations, James Tent has produced a comprehensive study of a little-known episode of World War II - the campaign to defend the Normandy invasion fleet from Germany's high-performance motor torpedo boats or Schnellboote, known to the Allies as "E-boats." Besides presenting a detailed account of naval operations at a crucial stage of the. War in Europe, this history integrates many facets of modern warfare: the development of fast coastal craft; the creation…
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2 editions- Other · English · 1996The Crowood Press · 9781853107924
- Other · English · 1996Naval Institute Press · 286 pages · 9781557508058
CampaignsGerman Naval operationsHistory, MilitaryMilitary HistoryNaval operations, GermanTorpedo-boatsWorld War, 1939-1945