THE ODYSSEY OF THE KOMET: PRIVATEER OF THE THIRD REICH
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THE ODYSSEY OF THE KOMET: PRIVATEER OF THE THIRD REICH

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Having left Gotenhafen on 3 July 1940 for a campaign that would last 516 days, the Komet was one of the cargo ships converted by the Kriegsmarine to operate as an auxiliary cruiser against Allied merchant vessels. Reaching the Pacific through the partly frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean, this predator camouflaged as a Japanese vessel hunted across all the world's oceans, even into the Antarctic, boarding ten Allied ships, sowing insecurity off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand as well as near the Panama Canal. This fascinating adventure is brought to life through 200 previously unpublished photographs. The secret rendezvous with German supply ships in the open sea, the capture and destruction of enemy vessels, the prisoners taken on board, daily life, ceremonies, shore excursions and encounters with U-boats in the Atlantic: virtually nothing escaped the photographer's lens.
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