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Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939-45 (2) (New Vanguard)

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This title follows from New Vanguard 51: Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45 (1) and charts the continuing development of the U-boat in German service, including the evolution of the Type IX as a long range 'cruiser' intended for solo operations in distant waters. Also covered is the revolutionary Type XXI, conceived of in 1942 and launched in April 1944, the first true submarine rather than submersible, whose arrival was just too late to influence the war. Other vessels covered are the Type XXIII, a small vessel armed with only two torpedoes but technically highly advanced, and the Type X minelayers, which were rarely used in their intended role and more often used as supply boats.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 940
EAN: 9781841763644
ISBN: 1841763640
Label: Osprey Publishing
Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 48
Publication Date: 2002-07-25
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date: 2002-07-25
Studio: Osprey Publishing


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• US Submarines 1941-45 (New Vanguard)
• Imperial Japanese Navy Submarines 1941-45 (New Vanguard)
• U-boats of the Kaiser's Navy (New Vanguard)
• U-Boat Bases and Bunkers 1941-45 (Fortress)
• British Submarines 1939-45 (New Vanguard)


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Info
Comment: Would have been happier if the book was twice as long, and had more details on the men who crewed the boats..
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good information
Comment: Good information, photos and illustrations, maybe need more deep analisis in the different topics
Customer Rating:
Summary: Book incomplete in the U-Boats images!
Comment: This book ia not very good. The U-Boat ilustrations are bad and change or error in the Types... Best regards,
Customer Rating:
Summary: For Junior High.
Comment: Oh, well, I made the mistake of not having read the first two reviews otherwise I could have saved myself a few $$$.

The first two reviews are accurate and there's really not much to add here, but I will emphasize a couple of aspects. It seems to me that to address the complexity of the U-boat force in two short pamphlets is quite inadequate and even insulting for the serious reader. I only have the first one and it's 48 pages short. There can be no justification whatsoever to split this subject up into two seperate "volumes" unless each one were a few hundred pages long.

I don't find the illustrations particularly good either. There is a double page illustration of the inside of a U-boat but it's not very detailed, too small, and a little dark. There are also full-page sized comic book style illustrations which may be nice but don't convey any information at all. There are some illustrations of different versions of conning towers, but they're too small.

The written information is, however, well conveyed, but there's just too little of it.
To me the whole thing seems to be more like a popular booklet for junior high school kids who show some interest in the subject.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This is a Pamphlet, not a Book.
Comment: If you want to learn about U-Boats pass this one up. What you end up with is a cleverly marketed first half of a small booklet. I was enfuriated to see that I have to buy the second volume just to end up with what is a 100 plus page pamphlet on U-Boats for twenty five dollars all told after purchase.
Osprey does well in presenting targeted overviews of certain subjects but they are starting to carry this marketing strategy to an extreme. I have seen enough of this now with other Osprey titles that I have this advice for would be book buyers: If it says NEW VANGUARD somewhere on the cover...pass on it. If its an "Osprey" publication, get a good look at it before you buy and make sure its not part of one of their "series" ploys first.

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