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Zeebrügge

by - Bartz, Karl
(Zeebrugge: The English attack on the German U-boat base)
Der englische Angriff auf die deutsche U-Boot Basis
1938,
Hardcover, 195 pages, 26 photos, 1 map
book is in German language

Descripton: The book gives the German view of the British attacks/raids on the harbours of Zeebrugge and Oostende on St.-George's Day 1918, in which an attempt was made to block both German U-boat harbours. Oostende was a complete failure, Zeebrugge was partially a success but did not keep the German U-boats imprisoned as always has been told. The book is partially fiction as it uses a fictional person to tell the story but gives a very good description of what really happened. Of course due to the period of publishing some nationalistic talk is never really far away.