Na všech mořích - Boje křižníků za druhé světové války – Kurowski Franz (2017)

On the demise of cruiser fleets across all the world's oceans. Whether in the North Atlantic, the North or Mediterranean Sea, the South Atlantic, the Black Sea, or the endless expanses of the Indian Ocean or the Pacific, cruisers bore the brunt of naval warfare. Whether as fast reconnaissance cruisers, anti-aircraft cruisers, mine-layers, or combat-capable surface raiders, in all cases, they demonstrated the effectiveness of this type of ship. In the war against maritime supply transport on one side, and in the fight against ships that supplied submarines and auxiliary cruisers on the other, they operated alone or in small groups. While protecting convoys, they fulfilled their role during attacks by dangerous wolf packs of submarines. Overcome by bombs and torpedoes or shells in merciless artillery duels, they sank, taking their crews down with them. Franz Kurowski, the author of several significant scholarly books on contemporary military history, details the cruiser war. The impartial account critically evaluates events and culminates in the tragic chapter of World War II, namely the escape across the Baltic Sea, which was the last major rescue operation of the German Navy.