German S-Boote at War: 1939-1945
If you are into MTB's, this is the book to have. Deals not only with the Kriegsmarine's S-Boote, but also with Italian MAS, British and US MTB's and even with Russian G-5's. Superb pictures of boats, crews, weapons, propeganda cards, bunkers etc. etc. Supported by extensive text. As with other H&C; books: You will not be dissapointed ! --By Mike KerkhoveAnother great book from histoire & collections. Great. Quality paper with a superb set of photographs showing not only the boats but the men as well. I have read the one star rating , and whilst the guy may be right on some points , he does come over as a nit picking anorak model builder . I love the format and size which allows for larger photographs and happily it does fit on my book shelf as I didn't buy one just for paperbacks ! Highly recommended . --By DaveJean-Philippe Dallies-Labourdette and Bruno Pautigny book S-Boote, does a very good job of telling the story of the German Navy's version of MTB's/PT-Boats (note: S-Boote were bigger, initially more heavily armed, and used more effectively than their allied equivalent). In this book, the authors tell us about the initial development of S-boote (their pre-war years) and follow it up with a very good year by year summary of how the S-boote did and what their equivalent were like at the same time period. Overall, this book is really a 4.5 star book, but since Amazon doesn't support half stars, I had to round down this time because there aren't that many descriptions of engagements, especially given the price of the material. However, the pictures are great, there's interesting material on the types of mines the German Navy used, and some good general material that can keep wargamers, modeler, or historians interested. --By N. Trachta ---This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.