Hitler's Forgotten Flotillas - Kriegsmarine Security Forces, Lawrence Paterson.
Looks at the role played by smaller warships in the German war effort, covering minesweepers, patrol ships, mine layers, submarine hunters and fleet escort ships - the ships that fell between the fast 'E-boats' and larger destroyers and above. Combines good background information with a clear narrative framework of their activities and a good selection of accounts of individual engagements [
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