Sea Eagles - Luftwaffe Anti-Shipping Units, 1939-1941 by Chris Goss

By Chris Goss

Using the same layout to the very hot Jagwagdwaffe sequence, Sea Eagles deals readers a two-volume examine into maritime and anti-shipping operations as carried out by way of the Luftwaffe over the English Channel, North Sea, the a ways North and Baltic, the jap entrance and the Mediterranean. For the 1st time, those books include a desirable and eclectic mixture of float-planes and multi-engined bombers switched over to anti-shipping tasks. There also are reviews of a few of the extra attention-grabbing weaponry utilized by German bomber devices working in this kind of function, equivalent to the Rheinstahl laptop 1400 X Fritz radio-guided bomb and the Henschel 293 rocket-driven remotely-controlled stand-off missile as used opposed to destroyers within the Mediterranean in addition to biographies of a few of the best anti-shipping aces, comparable to Aufhammer. along the photographic content material, a lot of that's formerly unpublished, the booklet additionally contains colour artistic endeavors and first-hand memories from Luftwaffe pilots of the period. The sea-strike and maritime devices are among the least recognized of the Luftwaffes fighter strength in the course of global conflict II; this new two-volume paintings units the checklist instantly, delivering the aviation and army historian with a complete and targeted examine of this usually missed side of the air warfare among 1939 and 1945.

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On 22 January, Agedabia was taken. In the following days, two attempts to pocket sizable enemy forces in the AntelatSaunnu area failed as the German forces were too weak, and their intention had been recognized at an early stage. However, large quantities of materiel were captured in a surprise raid on Msus. The Italian Supreme Command approved an advance as far as Agedabia-but not beyond that point. It feared reverses that might again endanger the Italian infantry divisions because of their lack of mobility.

B. From early 1942 on, all infantry units were also assigned antitank guns, since tank warfare is the deciding factor in desert warfare, where the antitank gun becomes of even greater importance to the infantry than the machine gun. 2-mm antitank guns was never achieved. c. Types I and II tanks, some of which were armed with machine guns and some with ZO-mm guns, were withdrawn after the summer of 1941 and replaced by Type III tanks, which had 50-mm guns. These, again, were replaced after the winter of 1941-42 by Type IV tanks, which had 75-mm guns.

4) Improvement of the medical services, which had hitherto necessarily been neglected. 35 (5) Overhauling and maintenance of arms, equipment, and vehicles. The following is pertinent to the activity during these months: (1) All attempts to reduce frontage and thereby strengthen the enveloping line failed, since the Italian troops, by whom the greater part of the line was held, were not able to withstand counterattacks by the British. (2) The reinforcement of the artillery forces was pressed forward vigorously; for this purpose, a special artillery commander was assigned.

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