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Nazi Germany’s forgotten naval war in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
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Kriegsmarine Southern Command 1941–45

The Adriatic, Aegean and Black Sea naval wars

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    80 pages

  • Release Date

    1 September 2026

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Summary

Packed with illustrations, this is the first history of Marinegruppenkommando Süd, Germany’s southern naval command that fought a fast and furious war at the far end of the Mediterranean.

As Germany and Italy overran Yugoslavia and Greece in early 1941, the Kriegsmarine established a new theatre command, tasked with establishing German control over the eastern Mediterranean and coordinating actions with the Italian, Romanian and Bulgarian navies. Wit…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472871121
ISBN-10:147287112X
Author:Lawrence Paterson, Edouard A. Groult
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Osprey Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:80
Release Date:1 September 2026
Weight:320g
Dimensions:13mm x 186mm x 248mm
Series:Fleet
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Kriegsmarine Southern Command 1941–45 by Lawrence Paterson - ISBN: 9781472871121
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About The Author

Lawrence Paterson

Lawrence ‘Larry’ Paterson is a diving instructor who spent years researching German wrecks off Brittany, from which his first book First U-boat Flotilla directly resulted. Since then he has had over 20 books published, mostly on the Kriegsmarine. He attributes much of his interest in World War II to his grandfathers; one of whom was an ANZAC during the First World War, the other a Royal Navy stoker in the Second.

Edouard A. Groult is a renowned illustrator who lives and works near London.

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