Stalin's Iron Coffins: The Construction and Combat Use of Soviet Submarines, 1929–1945
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Stalin's Iron Coffins: The Construction and Combat Use of Soviet Submarines, 1929–1945
9.99 €
In recent years, sunken Soviet submarines have been regularly discovered in the depths of the Baltic Sea. Their grim remains, entangled in fishing nets, tell of the submarine and its crew's final moments, allowing us to reconstruct in detail the story of their demise. These ships were once built through the toil of thousands of workers, fulfilling Stalin's desire to "become mistress of the seas." They then arrived at Kronstadt, the vast island fortress once created by Peter the Great to protect the empire's new capital from the sea. In the 1930s, the Soviet navy's power grew year after year, with trials and exercises regularly conducted in the vast expanses of the Baltic. Although all the sailors were, of course, confident that if these formidable submarines were ever put to the test in combat, it would certainly not be here, in the narrow and shallow Gulf of Finland. Back then, no one could have imagined that submarines would one day have to break through under enemy fire, even from Leningrad to their native Kronstadt...
This book, based on numerous archival documents, rare publications, and eyewitness accounts, tells the remarkable story of the Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard, one of the Navy's main submarine suppliers from the 1930s to the 1980s. It tells how, under difficult conditions and overcoming incredible challenges, workers and engineers built submarines and then delivered them to sea. The dramatic military fate of these submarines is also recounted in detail.
This book, based on numerous archival documents, rare publications, and eyewitness accounts, tells the remarkable story of the Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard, one of the Navy's main submarine suppliers from the 1930s to the 1980s. It tells how, under difficult conditions and overcoming incredible challenges, workers and engineers built submarines and then delivered them to sea. The dramatic military fate of these submarines is also recounted in detail.
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