Hitler's Navy: A Reference Guide to the Kreigsmarine 1935-1945 by Jak P Mallmann Showell -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Introduction Major Aspects of German Naval History

The Birth of the Navy Kaiserliche Marine, Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine The Treaty of Versailles The Washington Naval Treaty Hitler and the Anglo-German Naval Agreement The Naval Air Arm Submarines Surface Ships Plan ‘Z’ The End of the Treaties Early Wartime Surface Vessels Magnetic Mines The Torpedo Crisis of 1939/40 Submarine Tactics Submarine Construction The Walter U-Boat The Electro-Boat U-Boat Construction and Dr Albert Speer The Heinkel U-Boat Policy September 1942 New Weapons for Old U-Boats ‘Throw the Surface Fleet into the Dustbin Dönitz as Supreme Commander-in-Chief The Defeat of the Conventional Submarine Improved Anti-Aircraft Armament Schnorkels The Torpedo Catastrophe The End of the War

The Organization of the Kriegsmarine

The Navy in 1922 The Fleet in 1932 The Fleet in 1935 Organization Structure in 1938 The Supreme Naval Command Naval Group Commands Training New Recruits Naval Reserve Units Coastal Defence, Naval Command North Sea Admiral German Bight Coastal Defence, Naval Command Baltic Naval Command Posts Outside Germany Operations Weserübung and Seelöwe

The Organization of the German Fleet

The High Seas Fleet Security Forces The U-Boat Arm

Ships of the German Fleet

Battleships Battlecruisers Pocket Battleships Heavy Cruisers Light Cruisers Old Battleships Destroyers Auxiliary Cruisers Sail Training Ships U-Boats

U-Boats at Sea

Inside the U-Boat

Technical Data

Battleships Pocket Battleships and Heavy Cruisers Light Cruisers Destroyers Auxiliary Cruisers Torpedo Boats Motor Torpedo Boats Minesweepers Motor Minesweepers Training Ships Purpose Built Escorts U-Boats

Rank, Uniforms, Awards and Insignia

Ranks Rank Insignia Trade Badges Clothing War Badges The Awards Headgear Belts and Buckles Small Arms and Edged Weapons Marksmanship Awards Naval Officials Coastal Police Awards and Insignia for Individual Units Naval Hitler Youth Achievement Badge for Shipyard Workers Non-Naval Awards

Biographical Notes Chronology Appendices Glossary Bibliography