Overview
The Knight's Cross (Ritterkreuz) was one of the highest decorations given for extreme acts of valour to all ranks of the German armed forces during the Second World War. Few awards captured the respect and admiration of the German public as the Knight's Cross - it was the greatest honour one could achieve. In the perilous and close-knit world of the U-boat crews the award of the decoration to their captain was an event of particular pride and sometimes it was even added to the boat's insignia. In all, there were 123 recipients, including their commander-in-chief Karl Donitz, and Jeremy Dixon's highly illustrated book is the ideal guide to all these men and their wartime service. A graphic text accompanied by almost 200 archive photographs describes the exploits of each of them, including those who received the higher grades of the award. Full details are given of their tours of duty, the operations they took part in, how they won their award, how many ships they sank and their subsequent careers. AUTHOR: Jeremy Dixon has been interested in Nazi Germany for over thirty-five years and has written five books on the subject. His first book Commanders of Auschwitz detailed the careers of the SS officers who served at Auschwitz concentration camp. It was followed by books dealing with Luftwaffe generals who won the Knight's Cross, a two-volume study of recipients of Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, and the third which details the holders who served in the Fallschirmjager, Germany's elite parachute unit. His fifth book describes the careers of every officer from the German army who held the rank of general - a massive study. 210 images
Full Product Details
Author: Jeremy Dixon
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Imprint: Pen & Sword Maritime
Weight: 0.616kg
ISBN: 9781526718730
ISBN 10: 1526718731
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 28 May 2019
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
[A] superb book. --War History Online
[A] superb book. --War History Online Author Jeremy Dixon's exhaustive research has produced an impressive biographical anthology of the more than 120 U-boat commanders who were awarded the coveted Knight's Cross during the Second World War. --Maritime Engineering Journal
Author Information
Jeremy Dixon has been interested in Nazi Germany for over thirty-five years and has written five books on the subject. His first book Commanders of Auschwitz detailed the careers of the SS officers who served at Auschwitz concentration camp. It was followed by books dealing with Luftwaffe generals who won the Knight's Cross, a two-volume study of recipients of Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, and the third which details the holders who served in the Fallschirmjager, Germany's elite parachute unit. His fifth book describes the careers of every officer from the German army who held the rank of general - a massive study.
