Hitler's Secret Pirate Fleet: The Deadliest Ships of World War II Book

This is an interesting review of activities of nine German WW2 auxiliary cruisers that wreak havoc on Allied commercial routes together with their submersible brethren from the very beginning of hostilities to the end of the war. [return]Surface commercial raiders, overhauled freighters and passenger liners that were heavily armed but alas (or better said fortunately) never heavily armored, were the greatest weapon (beside U-Boats) available to the Germans on the open seas. [return][return]Book is full of interesting descriptions of captains, crews and ships and their actions. When crucial dates are mentioned small footnotes are available to describe [strategic] events that took place around that time so everything can be put in global context.[return][return]Great book, very interesting topic.