ISBN10: 021317961X, ISBN13: 9780213179618, [publisher: Arthur Barker] Hardcover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:021317961X
[Lincoln, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1970]

Hardback. Very Good. ISBN 021317961X 9780213179618 [GB]

Arthur Barker. Very Good/Good. Date: 1970. Hard Cover. 8v0 021317961X Dust jacket, closed tears, price clipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Illustrated with 40 black and white photographs and 6 maps. 274 pages clean and tight. In the calm midday of 2t June, 1919, the proudest ships of the Kaiser's Imperial High Seas Fleet, many of them veterans of the titanic Battle of Jutland, sank to their final resting place in the British harbour of Scapa Flow - not victims of enemy shells but scuttled by their own crews, in a final defiant act to cheat the Allies of the spoils of war. That day of magnificent despair marked the end of the old German Navy - and the beginning of a new one that, just twenty years later, was again to put the Allies to the ultimate test. In this dramatic and perceptive account of a vital phase of World War II, Edward P. Von der Porten traces the development of the new Navy during the prewar years and describes the secret building programmes that contravened the Treaty of Versailles. Despite all preparations the Navy was not ready when the war came. The admirals did not expect it to reach a position of strength until 1944 but Hitler's aggressive moves led to war in 1939. The important strategic and tactical decisions of the war, and the thinking behind them are clearly revealed: the early reliance on long-range raiders, such as the Deutschland and the Graf Spee, to disrupt ...

ISBN10: 021317961X, ISBN13: 9780213179618, [publisher: Arthur Barker] Hardcover First Edition v/g hardback in fair d/j,no inscriptions.1970,1st edition.274pp,with illustrations.
[LEWES East Sussex, ES, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1970]

Arthur Barker 1970 Hard cover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN: 021317961X.

London: Arthur Barker Ltd., Date: 1969. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 274 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. Foxing to end papers. 1969. Arthur Barker Ltd. ISBN 021317961x 9780213179618 [US]

New York : Thomas Y. Crowell Company, Date: 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; [xiii], 274p : ill., frontis., maps ; 24cm. Subjects; Germany. Kriegsmarine. Germany. Kriegsmarine History World war, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, German. Germany; military history. 1970. New York : Thomas Y. Crowell Company ISBN 021317961X 9780213179618 [IE]

ISBN10: 021317961X, ISBN13: 9780213179618, [publisher: Arthur Barker] Hardcover (Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) The author traces the development of the new Navy during the pre-war years and describes the secret building programmes that contravened the Treaty of Versailles. He describes the plans for Operation Sea Lion, the plans to disrupt allied shipping and the escalation of submarine operations. (Published: 1969) (Publisher: Arthur Barker) (ISBN: 021317961X) (Pagination: 274pp, photos, maps and diagrams) (Condition: Reading copy. ex Library. usual stamps and marks. Foxing on page edges and eps) UL-XXXXXX
[Folkestone, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1970]