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Product Description: Despite huge odds against them, Hitlerâs commandersâthe elite of the Wehrmachtâalmost succeeded in conquering Europe. Now in an expanded edition that includes biographies of the generals of Stalingrad and a new chapter on the panzer commanders, this book offers rare insight into the men who ran Nazi Germanyâs war machine...read more
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9781442211537 | 2 edition (Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, October 16, 2012), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Despite huge odds against them, Hitlerâs commandersâthe elite of the Wehrmachtâalmost succeeded in conquering Europe.
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9780815411314 | Cooper Square Pub, November 1, 2000, cover price $18.95
Product Description: Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849â1930) was the principal force behind the rise of the German Imperial Navy prior to World War I, challenging Great Britainâs command of the seas. As State Secretary of the Imperial Naval Office from 1897 to 1916, Tirpitz wielded great power and influence over the national agenda during that crucial period...read more
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9780253355935 | Indiana Univ Pr, May 3, 2011, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849â1930) was the principal force behind the rise of the German Imperial Navy prior to World War I, challenging Great Britainâs command of the seas.
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9781848325685 | Gardners Books, April 30, 2010, cover price $32.90
Product Description: Alfred von Tirpitz (1849â1930), who joined the Prussian Navy in 1865 as a midshipman, was chiefly responsible for rapidly developing and enlarging the German Navy, especially the High Seas Fleet, from 1897 until the years immediately prior to the First World War...read more
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9781574884449 | Potomac Books Inc, September 30, 2008, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Alfred von Tirpitz (1849â1930), who joined the Prussian Navy in 1865 as a midshipman, was chiefly responsible for rapidly developing and enlarging the German Navy, especially the High Seas Fleet, from 1897 until the years immediately prior to the First World War.
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9781574887327 | Potomac Books Inc, September 12, 2008, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Alfred von Tirpitz (1849â1930), who joined the Prussian Navy in 1865 as a midshipman, was chiefly responsible for rapidly developing and enlarging the German Navy, especially the High Seas Fleet, from 1897 until the years immediately prior to the First World War.
Product Description: Admiral Wilhelm Canaris was the head of the Abwehr--Hitler's intelligence servic--from 1935 to 1944. Initially a supporter of Hitler, Canaris came to vigorously oppose his policies and practices, and worked secretly throughout the war to overthrow the regime...read more
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9781591141013 | Naval Inst Pr, June 1, 2007, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Admiral Wilhelm Canaris was the head of the Abwehr--Hitler's intelligence servic--from 1935 to 1944.
Product Description: From 1928 to 1943, Erich Raeder led the German navy during the last turbulent years of the Weimar Republic, the rise of Hitler, and through World War II, yet until now there has not been a full-length biography written about him. This study draws on archival resources and the rich scholarship of German naval history over the past five decades to review the evolution of Raeder's concept of naval strategy and his attempts to achieve the political and military means necessary to attain the navy's global naval ambitions...read more
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9781557500472 | Naval Inst Pr, May 10, 2006, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: From 1928 to 1943, Erich Raeder led the German navy during the last turbulent years of the Weimar Republic, the rise of Hitler, and through World War II, yet until now there has not been a full-length biography written about him.
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9781557503091 | Naval Inst Pr, July 1, 2003, cover price $37.95
Product Description: Slavick, a captain with the US Air Force, recounts the adventures and victories of one of Germany's warships that, disguised as a merchant vessel, captured or sank 22 merchant ships, broke enemy codes, and got hold of valuable intelligence material from the British in a 655-day campaign during Worl...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9781557505378 | Naval Inst Pr, May 1, 2003, cover price $32.95 | About this edition: Slavick, a captain with the US Air Force, recounts the adventures and victories of one of Germany's warships that, disguised as a merchant vessel, captured or sank 22 merchant ships, broke enemy codes, and got hold of valuable intelligence material from the British in a 655-day campaign during World
The biography of Germany's Naval Commander Karl Donitz includes information from reports by his superiors, accounts by U-Boat survivors, and details of the testing of the U-Boat wolf-pack tactics from 1937 to 1939
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9780060152642 | Revised edition (Harpercollins, May 1, 1987), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The biography of Germany's Naval Commander Karl Donitz includes information from reports by his superiors, accounts by U-Boat survivors, and details of the testing of the U-Boat wolf-pack tactics from 1937 to 1939
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9780304358700 | Cassell, October 1, 2001, cover price $24.95
A biography of Wilhelm Canaris, Hitler's director of espionage, investigates his involvement in several conspiracies to overthrow the Nazi regime, including one of many unsuccessful attempts to assassinate Hitler.
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9780815410072 | 1 edition (Cooper Square Pub, January 1, 2000), cover price $34.95 | About this edition: A biography of Wilhelm Canaris, Hitler's director of espionage, investigates his involvement in several conspiracies to overthrow the Nazi regime, including one of many unsuccessful attempts to assassinate Hitler.
Product Description: In a skillful combination of biographical case study and contextual analysis, Scheck presents a readable, often thrilling, account of the troubled transition period before the Nazi catastrophe. Drawing from a vast base of previously unused documents, the book traces the conspiracies and public campaigns of Great Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, a key figure of the German right...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780391040434 | Brill Academic Pub, February 1, 1998, cover price $150.00 | About this edition: In a skillful combination of biographical case study and contextual analysis, Scheck presents a readable, often thrilling, account of the troubled transition period before the Nazi catastrophe.
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9780385087773 | Doubleday, September 1, 1979, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Viewing Hitler's director of espionage as some bizarre Jekyl-and-Hyde figure, Hohne investigates Wilhelm Canaris's involvement in several conspiracies to overthrow the Nazi regime, including one of many unsuccessful attempts to assassinate Hitler
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9780404064648 | Reprint edition (Ams Pr Inc, June 1, 1970), cover price $71.50
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