Stephen Robinson

False Flags

Disguised German Raiders of World War II

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Produktbeschreibung

False Flags tells the epic story of German raider voyages during the early years of World War II. In 1940 the raiders Orion, Komet, Pinguin and Kormoran left Germany and waged a 'pirate war' across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans as well as the Arctic and Antarctic - part of Germany's strategy to attack the British Empire's maritime trade.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Exisle Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781925335606
• ISBN-10: 1925335607
• Artikelnr.: 47492973

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 
1. The raiders prepare
2. The Orion’s Atlantic war
3. The Hauraki Gulf operation
4. The Pinguin’s first victories
5. The Northeast Passage
6. The Tasman Raider
7. The Far East Squadron
8. The Australian minefields
9. The Indian Ocean pursuit
10. Nauru and the phosphate ships
11. Hilfskreuzer Kormoran
12. The castaways of Emirau Island
13. Von Luckner, spies and the fifth column
14. Return to Nauru and intrigue in Japan
15. The raider war in Antarctica
16. The Kormoran in the Atlantic
17. Remote encounters and the islands of despair
18. Tanker hunt in the Arabian Sea
19. A new operational area
20. The voyage of the Adjutant
21. Destination Bordeaux
22. The Galapagos Islands raider
23. Encounter off Shark Bay
24. The Kormoran–Sydney battle
25. The fleet of lifeboats
Epilogue
Appendixes: the raiders
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index