Schnellboote (GM II) - Alemania: libros - historia

German E-boats 1939-45 (Osprey)

Al estallar la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Alemania había avanzado mucho en la sustitución de la Flota de Alta Mar del Káiser, que fue hundida tras su rendición al final de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Obligada a reconstruirla, la Kriegsmarine contaba con algunos de los buques de guerra tecnológicamente más avanzados del mundo.
Aunque las unidades pesadas de la flota eran demasiado escasas para representar una gran amenaza, Alemania contaba con una presencia especialmente valiosa gracias a los buques más pequeños de su Armada, en particular los submarinos U-Boat y S-Boat. Conocidos por los aliados como E-Boat ("Enemigo"), desempeñaron un papel fundamental en el Mar Negro y el Canal de la Mancha, donde se convirtieron en una verdadera pesadilla.

Contenido: Introducción - Detalles de desarrollo - Descripción general - Armamento - Planta motriz - Esquemas de color - Radar - Organización de la S-Bootwaffe - Uso operacional - Bibliografía - Comentarios de las láminas a color - Índice.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Gordon Williamson
Presentación:	48 páginas, 24.5 x 18.5 x 0.4 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	ricamente ilustrado con fotos y dibujos (en b/n y color)
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2002)
Colección:	New Vanguard (59)
ISBN:	9781841764450

E-boat vs MTB - The English Channel 1941-45 (Osprey)

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, las lanchas torpederas alemanas (E-Boats) fueron tan activas en el Canal de la Mancha que ese estrecho tramo de agua llegó a conocerse como el "Callejón de las E-Boats". Para contrarrestar la amenaza de estas E-Boats, Gran Bretaña desplegó sus fuerzas costeras: flotillas de pequeñas lanchas torpederas y cañoneras (MTB y MGB) y lanchas motoras (ML).
Mientras los alemanes buscaban mantener su supremacía en las aguas del Canal de la Mancha, continuaron desarrollando sus diseños de lanchas torpederas para incorporar mayor blindaje y potencia de fuego. En lugar de igualar el armamento de las nuevas lanchas torpederas, los británicos desarrollaron varios tipos para cumplir con las diversas funciones para las que la Kriegsmarine intentaba utilizarlas.

Este libro detalla el desarrollo de este conflicto, examinando la evolución de las embarcaciones involucradas y abarcando sus batallas, desde los combates en el estuario del Támesis hasta los preparativos para el Día D.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Gordon Williamson
Presentación:	80 páginas, 25 x 18 x 0.7 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	ricamente ilustrado con fotos y dibujos (en b/n y color)
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2011)
Colección:	Duel (34)
ISBN:	9781849084062

Kriegsmarine Coastal Forces (Osprey)

Aunque a menudo se las eclipsaba en favor de los submarinos o los acorazados, la gran mayoría de la Kriegsmarine estaba formada por las embarcaciones más pequeñas de las fuerzas costeras. Estos buques, entre los que se incluían dragaminas, torpederos, patrulleras y rompebloqueos, prestaron un servicio crucial a Alemania durante la guerra, y muchos continuaron en servicio durante décadas después de la rendición en tareas como la limpieza de campos minados. Entre estas fuerzas también se encontraba el yate de Hitler, el Ostwind.

Este libro desvela la historia de los buques que formaron la columna vertebral de la Kriegsmarine, y combina anécdotas fascinantes, información técnica detallada e ilustraciones a todo color.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Gordon Williamson
Presentación:	48 páginas, 25 x 18.5 x 0.5 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	ricamente ilustrado con fotos y dibujos (en b/n y color)
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2009)
Colección:	New Vanguard (151)
ISBN:	9781846033315

Schnellboot Type S-38 and S-100 (Super Drawings in 3D)

Las lanchas rápidas de ataque S-38 y S-100, conocidas como "E-boats" en alemán, fueron construidas para la Kriegsmarine durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Muchos expertos navales las consideraban las mejores de su categoría.

Este libro describe la historia, la tecnología y el despliegue de estos buques.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Carlo Cestra
Presentación:	90 páginas, 30 x 21.5 x 1 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	dibujos por ordenador y 3D y color, fotos en b/n, dibujos a escala
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza (PL, 2018)
Colección:	Super Drawings in 3D
ISBN:	9788365437716

E-Boat Threat

While land based aircraft could carry out offshore operations by day and destroyers and cruisers patrolled deeper waters, the ideal craft for use in coastal waters were motor boats armed with torpedoes and light guns. But with the exception of Italy, none of the major powers had more than a handful of these boats operational at the outbreak of war.

From a small beginning, large fleets of highly maneuverable motor torpedo boats were built up, particularly by Britain, Germany and the USA. They operated mainly at night, because they were small enough to penetrate minefields and creep unseen to an enemy's coastline and fast enough to escape after firing their torpedoes.
They fought in every major theatre of war, but the first real threat came in the North Sea and English Channel from German E-boats, crossing to attack Britain's vital convoys. Ranged against them in the 'battle of the little ships' were British MTBs and MGBs and, later, American PT boats.
They often fought hand to hand at closer quarters than any other kind of warship in a unique conflict that lasted right to the end of the war.

"E-boat Threat" describes the development of these deadly little craft, the training of their crews who were usually volunteers and the gradual evolution of tactics in the light of wartime experience.
Methods of defence are also related, which included the use of aircraft and destroyers as well as motor gunboats, sometimes acting under a unified command.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Bryan Cooper
Presentación:	144 páginas, 24.5 x 16.5 x 2 cm, tapa dura
Ilustración:	25 fotos en b/n
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2015)
ISBN:	9781473827837

German S-Boats (Ship Craft)

The subject of this volume is the Second World War German Navy's motor torpedo boats called Schnellboote, known to the Allies as E-Boats. One of the most effective coastal attack craft of the time, the type was built in large numbers and constantly improved as the war progressed, giving many variants to interest modellers.

With its unparalleled level of visual information - paint schemes, models, line drawings and photographs - this is simply the best reference for any modelmaker setting out to build one of these famous boats.

The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans.

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Autor:	Steve Wiper
Presentación:	64 páginas, 29.5 x 20.5 x 0.5 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	130 fotos en b/n y color, dibujos
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Seaforth Publishing (GB, 2012)
Colección:	ShipCraft (6)
ISBN:	9781848321229

S-Boote - German E-boats in action 1939-1945

Too little has been written to date on Germany's "Schnellboote" in the Second World War. Known by the Allies as E-Boats (Enemy Boats) the S-Boote played havoc on Allied naval operations in the English Channel and elsewhere. Many of their captains were amongst the most decorated of any branch of the Kriegsmarine.

This highly detailed book examines all aspects of the S-Boote, from design to deployment and notes all the major engagements for which they are famous. As with all Histoire & Collections books, you are guaranteed a visual feast of excellent descriptive graphics and previously unseen photographs.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Jean Philippe Dallies-Labourdette
Presentación:	144 páginas, 32 x 24 x 1.9 cm, tapa dura
Ilustración:	300 fotos en b/n, 50 dibujos y color
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Histoire & Collections (F, 2006)
ISBN:	9782352500193

Schnellboote : A Complete Operational History

The Kriegsmarine's Schnellboote - fast attack boats or E-boats to the Allies - were the primary German naval attack units in coastal waters throughout the Second World War.
Operating close to their various bases they became a devastatingly effective weapon in nearly all the Kriegsmarine's theatres of war, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It was in the English Channel, however, that they scored their most notable successes, destroying some forty warships and more than one hundred merchant ships.

In addition to interception and attack, they were also used for minelaying, landing sabotage troops and general escort duties. There has been, to date, no comprehensive operational history of the S-boat service in all the theatres in which it saw service, but due to the relatively small number of units it is possible to recount the duties and fates of each individual craft and in this book the author examines the career of each in detail.
In addition, operations alongside the commando units of the Kleinkampfverbande are covered.

As the War progressed, S-boats suffered from the increased Allied mastery of the seas and skies but they were a formidable foe right to the end.

This book is the first to do full justice to their record of success

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Lawrence Paterson
Presentación:	338 páginas, 24.5 x 17 cm, tapa dura
Ilustración:	120 fotos en b/n
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Seaforth Publishing (GB, 2015)
ISBN:	9781848320833

Schnellbootwaffe: Adolf Hitler's Guerrilla War at Sea - S-Boote 1939-45 - Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War)

The Schnellbootwaffe was created in the early 1930s, before the Second World War, in concurrence with the regenerated Kriegsmarine, and young officers, most of whom learned their craft in the old Imperial Navy, would take responsibility for the operational use of these revolutionary vessels.
Working with the naval engineers of Lürssen Shipyard, the Germans designed combat weapons that were never surpassed by their opponents.

After the first series of Schnellboote were launched, constantly improved versions of these vessels would follow. The Schnellbootwaffe would achieve significant victories for the Kriegsmarine at the beginning of the war by using these vessels in high-level strategies, including a style of guerrilla warfare.
The British often call German torpedo boats E-boats, and these fast vessels were a genuine threat not only to coastal trade, but also to the movement of Allied ships after D-Day. Indeed, Admiral Rudolf Petersen's flotillas remained combat-ready until the very end, even after the balance of power was in favour of the Allies.

Allied air bombardment of German torpedo boat bases from 1944 onwards failed to destroy the offensive potential of the Schnellboote and their crews. The Allied disaster at Lyme Bay at the end of April 1944 shows how this guerrilla war at sea was still dangerous, even at this stage of the war. The Allied invasions plans were not yet known to the Germans, but Eisenhower learned a great deal from Lyme Bay and the Schnellbootwaffe was still potentially dangerous right until the end of the war.

This book tells the fascinating story about these special people, whose pirate spirit and guerrilla style of naval combat is reminiscent of the ancient pirates and their own way of warfare.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Hrvoje Spajić
Presentación:	184 páginas, 24 x 18.5 x 1.3 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	150 fotos en b/n
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2021)
Colección:	Images of War
ISBN:	9781399091756

Schnell- und Torpedoboote - Deutsche und alliierte Einheiten 1939-1945 (Typenkompass)

Even before the First World War, the Royal Navy developed small boats that were to be used as dinghies by cruisers to their deployment locations on the coast.
During the war, their shallow draft meant that they could navigate the minefields off the German coast. The ships thus made a significant contribution to the war at sea in coastal waters.

Páginas del libro "Schnell- und Torpedoboote - Deutsche und alliierte Einheiten 1939-1945"

In this volume, Ingo Bauernfeind presents German and Allied speedboats and torpedo boats from World War II. He describes their development, operational history and technical features in a compact but detailed manner. Each type is presented using a photo, a historical description and a technical data sheet.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Ingo Bauernfeind
Presentación:	128 páginas, 20.5 x 14 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	100 fotos en b/n y color
Idioma:	Alemán
Editorial:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2016)
Colección:	Typenkompass
ISBN:	9783613039285