A volume from the series "Casemate Illustrated. Special". Some of the most daring naval attacks during the Second World War were made using mini-submarines - boats of less than 150 tonnes and with only a handful of men on board - including Japanese mini-submarines used at Pearl Harbor, the British X-Craft attack on the Tirpitz in a Norwegian fjord protected by several layers of anti-submarine defences, an Italian Maiale planting limpet mines on HMS Valiant, and German boats attacking Allied ships off the landing beaches. This book introduces all classes of miniature submarines and manned torpedoes developed and used during the Second World War, with first-hand accounts from the men who operated these tiny craft. It also presents the recovery of various wrecks of German, British, Japanese and Italian mini-submarines, including the search for the mini-submarines sunk at Pearl Harbor in 1941. The final chapter describes the restoration, testing and successful operation of a German Biber mini-submarine, accompanied by contemporary photographs and exterior and interior shots of the many mini-submarines that are still preserved in museums today.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Bauernfeind, Ingo
Title
Midget Submarines 1939-45
Details
English text, more than 250 illustrations. 176 pages.
