# German Blockade Runners? Book Titles?

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**Created:** [April 18, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-blockade-runners-book-titles/784741 "2017-04-18T21:56:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
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I found several reference to World War Two “German Blockade Runners”.  
Including a poster on Amazon.

But no real info.

Can anybody tell me about these freighters?

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-blockade-runners-book-titles/784741/2 "2017-04-18T22:58:42Z")

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Here’s [some information](http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Atlantic/BlockadeRunners/Summary/) that might interest you.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-blockade-runners-book-titles/784741/3 "2017-04-19T00:43:01Z")

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> [@dolphinboy](#):
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> Here’s [some information](http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Atlantic/BlockadeRunners/Summary/) that might interest you.

I’m interested!

Do you have a book title on the subject?

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-blockade-runners-book-titles/784741/4 "2017-04-19T01:42:04Z")

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I found this…

One book from 1981 ISBN # 0-87021-908-1

Axis Blockade Runners by Martin Brice. A small book but not too bad. The pics are so-so in quality…

also one other I have but this is just not on the blockade runners entirely;

Wolfgang Müller Schiffsschicksale Ostsee 1945 photos and documents. From Koehlers Verlagsgessellschaft, Hamburg ISBN # 3-7822-0612-6

Aan excellent work with wonderful maps and photos. Great first person accounts. I just wish it was twice the size in text. Comes in at 179 pages.

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**Author:** ![Scorpious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scorpious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scorpious)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-blockade-runners-book-titles/784741/5 "2017-04-19T03:42:33Z")

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In the same vein but WWI, I found the story of the Wolf a riveting read;

> **[The Wolf: The German Raider That Terrorized the Souther…](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6810289-the-wolf)**
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> The long-forgotten drama of a WWI secret German warship…

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**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-blockade-runners-book-titles/784741/6 "2017-04-19T23:08:03Z")

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> [@dolphinboy](#):
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> I found this…
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> One book from 1981 ISBN # 0-87021-908-1
> 
> Axis Blockade Runners by Martin Brice. A small book but not too bad. The pics are so-so in quality…
> 
> also one other I have but this is just not on the blockade runners entirely;
> 
> Wolfgang Müller Schiffsschicksale Ostsee 1945 photos and documents. From Koehlers Verlagsgessellschaft, Hamburg ISBN # 3-7822-0612-6
> 
> Aan excellent work with wonderful maps and photos. Great first person accounts. I just wish it was twice the size in text. Comes in at 179 pages.

My thanks.  
🙂