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German Seaman 1939–45 (Warrior, 37) Paperback – October 25, 2001

by Gordon Williamson (Author), John White (Illustrator)
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When re-armament came after World War I, the German Navy was forced to build anew, so the Reichsmarine and its successor, the Kriegsmarine, found itself in possession of some of the most modern, powerful and technically advanced vessels in the world. Germany was very selective in picking her sailors and the quality of manpower skill levels was thus very high. This book charts the recruitment, training, service conditions and combat experiences of a typical World War II German sailor, focusing on the main branches of the Navy, as well as the last ditch combat units thrown into action as infantry in the final days of the war.
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    Warrior
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    64 pages
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    Osprey Publishing
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    October 25, 2001
  6. Dimensions
    7.2 x 0.55 x 9.8 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1841763276
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1841763279
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Insights into the real lives of history's fighting men, packed with full colour illustrations, highly detailed cutaways, exploded artwork of weaponry and armour, and action-packed battle scenes.

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Gordon Williamson is a retired civil servant who spent several years working for the Royal Military Police (TA). He has written over 60 military books, including a number of titles for Osprey: ELI 183 U-boat Tactics in World War II, MAA 434 World War II German Police Units etc. Amongst his primary interests are the German Navy in World War II, U-Boats, and the Military Police forces of the Allied and Axis armies. He lives near Edinburgh in Scotland.

John White was born in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, in 1941. After school in NW London he achieved a scholarship to Harrow Collage of Art. He then took up an apprenticeship with the Forestry Commission in Lincolnshire, before qualifying for a place at the FC Forester Training School at Benmore in Argyllshire to study botany and dendrology. He remained with the Forestry Commission, joining their research division in 1962 and following the late Alan Mitchell as Research Dendrologist. He retired in 1996. He has contributed to many publications on the subject of northern hemisphere trees, and illustrated his own Forest and Woodland Trees for OUP in 1995.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Osprey Publishing; First Edition (October 25, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 64 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1841763276
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1841763279
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.2 x 0.55 x 9.8 inches
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Ramon Sanchez-vinas
5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfying book
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2010
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This book starts out with how the Kriegsmarine had a choice in the kind of men it needed for its purpose. It follows the men through basic training, both EMs and Officers, to life aboard a ship and life in land units. It is interesting how the men on smaller boats like Minesweepers and Destroyers had an overall better comradeship and bond but experienced virtually no success(Destroyers) or recognition of success (Minesweepers) due to the constant break downs in the problem plagued boilers. On the Battlecruisers and Battleships, the men were a great deal more formal, strictly disciplined, and had a lesser bond but enjoyed more success, then eventually were killed in the war. This book is great for answering many questions like pay, rations, discipline, training, everyday life, life on different kinds of ships, and late war land units. I highly recommend this for anyone wanting to know about the men of this lesser known part of the Wehrmacht.
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Darwin F. Concon
5.0 out of 5 stars Very well written and provides a good base for further research.
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2013
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I heartily recommend this book as an excellent base for further research for anyone interested in investigating the sailors of the Kriegsmarine. However, if your interest is fleeting, then this is a good book to add to your library.
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Fine overview of Kriegsmarine sailors in WWII.
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Eric le rouge
2.0 out of 5 stars Very little, very little material..
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2014
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I was not blown away by this book. I find the author out of focus most of the time. There is very little on the men of the Kriegsmarine.

There is actually not much on German Seamen themselves. The author looses too much pages dealing with out of focus subjects like the operational history of the various German boats which is not really dealing with the men manning them.

I also found the author diverting too much on sailor's uniforms. You get to know some very particular details on some uniforms or parade dressings but you are left in the dark with some basic information such as what were they eating? Half of the photograph captions have a comment on their uniforms.

Another example is when the author deals with S-Boats. You get a page or two on their operational history, armament, etc. their kills, their weaknesses, etc but nothing about the men themselves. I thought that was the objective of this book.

Same for the land forces. I would have liked to find out more about them, where were they leaving, who were they?

Since there are plenty of other osprey books on the German navy, their operational history, technologies, etc. I would have hoped this one to focus only on the men.
There is not much space so it should be used well.

More positively, the first third is relatively informative and well written.

My advice is do not buy unless second hand at a low price.
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Lindavia
3.0 out of 5 stars Angehörige der Deutschen Kriegsmarine
Reviewed in Germany on January 8, 2013
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Ein einfach gehaltenes Buch mit allgemein Plätzen. Mangelnde Bild wiedergabe.
wird der ehemaligen Kriegsmarine nicht gerecht.
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paul swingler
4.0 out of 5 stars great detail
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2014
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very useful for anyone who wishes to fine detail sailors of this period. also informative information on german seamanship. a must
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