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Swastikas in the Arctic: U-boat Alley through the Frozen Hell Hardcover – November 19, 2014

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During the Second World War, the Arctic saw an unusually high intensity of action, adventure, excitement and tragedy, and Swastikas in the Arctic: U-boat Alley Through the Frozen Hell describes the German military activities in that harsh frozen hell. Based mainly on original logs, the bare facts have been fleshed out with help from veterans and researchers from the United States, Iceland, Britain, Norway, Germany and Russia. This has made it possible to describe some of the now forgotten battles, the secret U-boat activities, the German struggle to broadcast essential weather data to Berlin and the incredible surface ship activity that forced Britain to launch major offensives against heavy odds. The Arctic also saw intense British efforts to help with the cracking of the highly complicated Enigma radio code. Many studies of the Second World War give scant attention to activity in this ice-studded ocean. However, as becomes apparent reading this book, those who fought, suffered and died there were shot at and bombed more heavily than in any other theater of war and the contribution they made influenced military actions far away in warmer regions. Gloriously illustrated with many unpublished photographs, Swastikas in the Arctic: U-boat Alley Through the Frozen Hell is a thrilling account of a war fought in very difficult circumstances.
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  1. Print length
    240 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Fonthill Media
  4. Publication date
    November 19, 2014
  5. Dimensions
    6.14 x 0.87 x 9.29 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1781552924
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1781552926
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Jak P. Mallmann Showell is the author of more than twenty books on the German navy and U-boat operations and is regarded as one of the world's leading authorities in the field. He was born in Hamburg, Germany, 1944. He has lived in England for most of his life.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fonthill Media (November 19, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1781552924
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1781552926
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.65 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.87 x 9.29 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Jim Carone--Capt.
5.0 out of 5 stars 191 b/with photos of good quality, 7 maps 2 profiles and lots of ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2015
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Hi, book is hardback, semi gloss paper, 282 pages with 17 chapters. 191 b/with photos of good quality, 7 maps 2 profiles and lots of charts of facts and figs. Book covers about all activity conducted in the far north. Weather stations, aviation naval ops., exploration etc. This covers a topic not well covered yet. Hope this helps. Cap
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Ron McDonald
5.0 out of 5 stars GOOD INFO.
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2019
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EXCELLENT
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Jonathan Mattson
4.0 out of 5 stars Slightly misleading title, great book
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2016
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The subtitle of u-boat alley through the frozen hell seems somewhat misleading. Instead seems to be a good book about seldom covered issues regarding the German operations in the arctic. I was pleasantly surprised to see them cover non u boat issues.

For example they cover the surface raider traveling to the Pacific and the surface ships raiding east of murmansk. And even the coverage of the German attempts at weather stations, radio relays, and other bases are items rarely mentioned other places and covered in a fairly detailed and interesting way.

It's always enjoyable to read books about quirky topics rarely covered in other places.
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Bev Thompson
1.0 out of 5 stars POORLY WRITTEN
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2015
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Very poorly written, with typos on every page, strange terminology, and extremely dry, we finally put the book up before finishing it. The main irritation for me was the "teasers" in which the author would briefly relate that a ship was sunk, then the next sentence would be another subject entirely, without explaining where the ship came from, who sunk it and why, and what consequences came of the sinking, as if it didn't matter. We would like to have learned more about the sinking. And at one point, the U-boat had to sink one of their own flying boats, taking the air crew on board the U-boat. A few paragraphs later, the author talks about the flying boat being right next to them -- a different flying boat perhaps? Who knows. By this time, however, I didn't care enough to re-read it in the hopes of finding out more. I no longer cared.
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Donald C.
4.0 out of 5 stars The book was very comprehensive and I thought authentic. ...
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2016
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The book was very comprehensive and I thought authentic.It motivated me to get a book dealing specifically with PQ-17.
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arno karnapke
5.0 out of 5 stars excellant book-one of the best. mallmann-showell produces books far superior to the standard
Reviewed in Canada on January 17, 2016
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excellant book-one of the best. mallmann-showell produces books far superior to the standard stuff
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Aileen
5.0 out of 5 stars yes I would recommend this publication
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 13, 2014
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This book is unusual in so nuch that it covers an aspect of German submarine warfare in the Arctic regions during ww.2 I found it to be a detailed and informative account of the harsh and hostile conflict that confronted the various factions, be it German, Russian, and British involved in convoy activities in this the most inhospitable of environments. A little slow in places even repetitious at times, but a "must read" for anyone seriously interested in a comprehensive insight into German naval history, yes I would recommend this publication.
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