In contrast to numerous works on German Army officers under the Third Reich, Rust’s profile of the Kriegsmarine’s 1934 officer candidate class, originally published in 1991 and long out of print, was ...

The Kriegsmarine faced a dire dilemma: its vital battleships, docked in Brest, France, were under relentless RAF bombardment, yet they were urgently needed in Norway to deter British commandos.