商品簡介
This book describes and illustrates the disguised German commerce-raiders of 1940-43, which haunted the sea-lanes all over the world from the Atlantic to the South Pacific, like the privateers of old. Ships such as the Orion, Atlantis and Pinguin - converted merchantmen with heavy concealed armament and on-board spotter aircraft - refuelled at secret rendezvous and sometimes stayed at sea for well over a year, playing havoc with Allied freighters and tankers. The exploits of some raider captains became legendary, and between them they sank nearly 800,000 tons of Allied shipping, in return for a relatively tiny investment. The story of their cruises, successful and ill-fated, is illustrated here with rare wartime photographs.
作者簡介
Gordon Williamson was born in 1951 and currently works for the Scottish Land Register. He spent seven years with the Military Police TA and has published a number of books and articles on the decorations of the Third Reich and their recipients. He is the author of a number of World War II titles for Osprey. The author lives in Edinburgh, UK.