The German and the Austrian Navies: Volume Two: Die Deutsche und die Oesterreichische Marine: Band Nummer Zwei

This is the second volume of the bilingual English and German work titled "The German and the Austrian Navies / Die Deutsche und die Oesterreichische Marine." The second volume of this comprehensive work discusses naval units including destroyers, torpedo ships, torpedo boats, gunboats, training ships, tenders, research ships, depot ships, hosptial ships, minelayers, minesweepers, fishery protection vessels and landing craft. It also covers topics such as Operation Sea Lion, the planned invasion of England during World War Two. The geopolitical history of German-speaking Europe is covered as well, expaining how ethnic German and Germanic monarchs ruled much of the known world after the fall of the old Western Roman Empire in A.D. 476.