False flags : disguised German raiders of World War II / Stephen Robinson. False flags : disguised German raiders of World War two False flags : disguised German raiders of World War 2

Collection type	Library
Author	Robinson, Stephen, author.;
Call Number	940.545943 R664
Document type	Monograph
Year	2016. 2016. 016.
Pagination	359 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher	Exisle publishing ltd, Exisle Publishing,
Note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-350) and index. An epic story of maritime daring and intrigue that will appeal to anyone interested in the world wars or maritime history, not just military experts. False Flags tells the epic untold story of German raider voyages to the South Seas during the early years of World War II. In 1940 the raiders Orion, Komet, Pinguin and Kormoran left Germany and waged a 'pirate war' in the South Seas, part of Germany's strategy to attack the British Empire's maritime trade on a global scale. Their extraordinary voyages spann ed the globe and are maritime sagas in the finest tradition of seafaring. The four raiders voyaged across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans as well as the Arctic and Antarctic. They sank or captured 62 ships in a forgotten naval war that is now bein g told in its entirety for the first time. The Orion and Komet terrorised the South Pacific and New Zealand waters before Pearl Harbor when the war was supposed to be far away. The Pinguin sank numerous Allied merchant ships in the Indian Ocean before min ing the approaches to Australian ports and capturing the Norwegian whaling fleet in Antarctica. The Kormoran raided the Atlantic but will always be remembered for sinking the Australian cruiser Sydney off Western Australia, killing all 645 sailors on boar d in tragic circumstances. False Flags is also the story of the Allied sailors who encountered these raiders and fought suicidal battles against a superior foe as well as the men, women and children who endured captivity on board the raiders as prisoners of the Third Reich. Tertiary/Undergraduate. General.
Place made	Wollombi : Wollombi, NSW :

Abstract

Machine generated contents note: 1.The raiders prepare -- 2.The Orion''s, Atlantic war -- 3.The Hauraki Gulf operation -- 4.The Pinguin''s first victories -- 5.The Northeast Passage -- 6.The Tasman raider -- 7.The Far East squadron -- 8.The Australian minef ields -- 9.The Indian Ocean pursuit -- 10.Nauru and the phosphate ships -- 11.Hilfskreuzer Kormoran -- 12.The castaways of Emirau Island -- 13.Von Luckner, spies and the fifth column -- 14.Return to Nauru and intrigue in Japan -- 15.The raider war in Anta rctica -- 16.The Kormoran in the Atlantic -- 17.Remote encounters and the islands of despair -- 18.Tanker hunt in the Arabian Sea -- 19.A new operational area -- 20.The voyage of the Adjutant -- 21.Destination Bordeaux -- 22.The Galapagos Islands raider - - 23.Encounter off Shark Bay -- 24.The Kormoran-Sydney battle -- 25.The fleet of lifeboats.