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Operation Drumbeat by Anthony Saunders. (E) - Kriegsmarine Art
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Operation Drumbeat by Anthony Saunders. (E)


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Operation Drumbeat by Anthony Saunders. (E)

The entry of the United States into the war opened up vast new hunting grounds for the German u-boat fleet. Operation Paukenschlag (Drumbeat in English) began in January 1942, bringing the U-boats their easiest pickings of the war. Over 300 allied vessels were sunk during the Paukenschlag along the US coastline, ranging from New York harbor, to the Straits of Florida. This period, also known as the second Happy Times to the men of the U-boats, was only brought to an end in mid 1942 by the formation of allied convoy systems. On the evening of April 5th 1942, U552, commanded by Kapitanleutnant Erich Topp, sealed the fate of the British tanker MV British Splendour east of Cape Hatteras. The U-boat was part of the fourth wave of boats of Operation Paukenschlag, she returned to Saint Nazaire on April 27th 1942 having sunk seven ships during the patrol.
Item Code : DHM1088EOperation Drumbeat by Anthony Saunders. (E) - This EditionAdd any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout! Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price!
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PRINT Erich Topp Knights Cross signature edition of 5 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints.

Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) Schroeteler, Heinrich (clipped)
Topp, Erich (clipped)
Scholtz, Klaus (clipped)
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


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Other editions of this item : Operation Drumbeat by Anthony Saunders.DHM1088
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PRINT Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm)Artist : Anthony Saunders£25 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £95.00VIEW EDITION...
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Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm)Artist : Anthony Saunders£70 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £145.00VIEW EDITION...
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Knights Cross Presentation Edition of 5 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) Topp, Erich
Hardegen, Reinhard
Lange, Hans-Gunther
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PRINT Alfred Eick, Jurgen Oesten Knights Cross edition of 50 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) Oesten, Jurgen
Eick, Alfred
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PRINT Jurgen Oesten U-Boat Knights Cross signature edition of 150 prints, from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) Oesten, Jurgen
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PRINT Alfred Eick U-Boat Knights Cross signature edition of 50 prints, from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) Eick, Alfred
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Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm)Artist : Anthony Saunders
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Erich Topp (deceased)
*Signature Value : £95 (clipped)

Born 2nd July 1914 - Died 26th December 2005. Born in Hannover, Topp joined the Kriegsmarine in 1934, serving on the cruiser Karlsruhe, before transferring to U-Boats in 1937. He was assigned to U-46 for a number of combat tours before taking command of U57 in June 1940, sinking six ships over two missions before being sunk in a collision on the 3rd of September the same year. Surviving this, Topp then commanded U-552 from December that year, sinking 30 ships, predominantly in the North Atlantic, including the first American ship of the war to be sunk, the destroyer 'Reuben James'. From October 1942 he commanded the 27th submarine flottilla. He also took command of two further U-Boats, these being U-3010 for about a month in 1945, and subsequently U-2513 from April 1945 until surrendering this vessel on May 8th. His highest award was the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. The 3rd highest scoring U-boat Commander, Topp sank a total of 36 ships totalling almost 200,000 tons


The signature of Kapitanleutnant Heinrich Schroeteler (deceased)

Kapitanleutnant Heinrich Schroeteler (deceased)
*Signature Value : £65 (clipped)

Heinrich Schroeteler was born 10th December 1915, joining the Navy in 1936 and transferring from minesweepers to u-boats in September 1941. A year later he commissioned U-667, taking the u-boat on four patrols before taking up several training posts. In February 1945 he returned to u-boats, commanding U-1023 for a few months before surrendering U-1023 in the UK, spending three years in captivity. Heinrich Schroeteler was awarded the Knights Cross. He died 19th January 2000.


The signature of Klaus Scholtz (deceased)

Klaus Scholtz (deceased)
*Signature Value : £60 (clipped)

Klaus Scholtz commanded U-108 during World War Two, sinking a total tonnage of 111,546 tons. He was awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, and was the Kriegsmarines 18th ranked u-boat Ace. Klaus Scholtz joined the German Navy in 1927 and before the outbreak of world war two, spent his first naval years on the german Torpedo Boats G-8, G-11 and Jaguar. He joined the U-boat arm of the Kriegsmarine in April 1940 and joined the new Type IXB U-Boat U-108 sailing on their first patrol in February 1941 where U-108 sank 2 ships. in April 1941 on their second patrol in the Straits of Denmark, U-108 sank the AMC Rajputana, the British Armed Merchant Cruiser. Klaus Scholtz commanded U-108 on three more Atalantic patrols, and in January 1942 Scholtz took U-108 to join the U-baot attacks on Allied shipping of the Coast of the US sinking five more ships. He had a further two more patrols until October 1942 when Klaus Scholtz became the commander of the 12th Flotilla based at Bordeaux. The 12th Flotilla was equipped with long range U-Boats which operated in the South Atalntic and also the Indian Ocean. Scholtz commanded this flotilla until August 1944. he was captured by the Americans and spent 18 mpnths as a prisoner of war. Klaus Scholtz died 1st May 1987

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