The U-Boat Wars

The remarkably effective submarines (U-boats) of the German Navy devastated the Allies during the first part of World War II and very nearly brought British and American sea forces to their knees. Military historian Hoyt here describes the years when U-boat "wolf packs" under the command of Admiral Karl Doenitz terrorized the Allies, sinking a third of Britain's battleships in 1939, and how the Allies came back, developing anti-submarine weapons that sent almost three-fourths of the U-boat crews to the bottom of the ocean. The U-Boat Wars is a gripping account of the battles at sea and the men-Doenitz, Churchill, sub-hunter Captain F. J. Walker, and others-who decided the fate of the Atlantic.

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By Edwin P. Hoyt

Summary

The U-Boat Wars draws on German, British, and American naval archives to illuminate the deadly battles that were fought beneath the sea.

Product details

• Authors: Edwin P Hoyt, Edwin P. Hoyt, Edwin Palmer Hoyt
• Publisher: Cooper Square Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.03.2002
• EAN: 9780815411925
• ISBN: 978-0-8154-1192-5
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 401 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration