Underwater Warriors by Paul Kemp
The world of elite naval units - frogmen, commandos, midget submarines, demolition squads - and their operations are the subject of this history. It traces their development from the first such units in the 1890s to Italian/Austrian operations in World War I and the rise of the Italian MAS service between the wars. There is coverage of Japanese naval raids (including Pearl Harbor and Sydney), the Royal Navy X-Craft used in the "Tirpitz" attack, Mediterranean spying operations, German use of designs which failed to impede the Allies, Japanese suicide weapons and various unusual designs and operations, a planned Italian raid on New York, and the post-war rise of midget submarines and subsequent Soviet interest.
Paul Kemp established an early reputation as a naval historian, able to mix original research and scholarship with exciting narrative writing. He was fora while attached to the Imperial War Museum, and now writes naval history ful
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| ISBN 13 | 9781854094551 |
| ISBN 10 | 1854094556 |
| Title | Underwater Warriors |
| Author | Paul Kemp |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 1997-12-04 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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