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Lawrence Paterson

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Born and raised in New Zealand, but now living in southern Italy. I've been interested in history, particularly WW2 history, since I can remember. ...more

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	U-Boat War Patrol: The Hidden Photographic Diary of U-564 4.55 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2004 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Otto Kretschmer - The Life of the Third Reich’s Highest Scoring U-Boat Commander 4.33 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 'Hermann Göring': A History of the Luftwaffe's Only Armoured Division, 1933-1945 4.13 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Schnellboote: A Complete Operational History 4.25 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The U-Boat War: A Global History 1939–45 3.94 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hitler's Brandenburgers: The Third Reich's Elite Special Forces 3.90 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eagles over the Sea 1935-1942: A History of Luftwaffe Maritime Operations 3.91 avg rating — 43 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hitler's Grey Wolves: U-Boats in the Indian Ocean 4.25 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dönitz's Last Gamble: The Inshore U-Boat Campaign, 1944-45 4.28 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Steel and Ice: The U-Boat Battle in the Arctic and Black Sea 1941-45 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Blood and Soil

Not one of my books, but this excellent memoir of a South Tyrolean Brandenburger named Sepp de Giampietro will be released by Greeenhill Publishing in May 2019.

The author was part of Siegfried Grabert’s unit that saw some of the heaviest combat experienced by the Brandenburgers and his account delves into how he came to be part of the Brandenburgers, his qualms about the kind of warfare they woul

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