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From Hunter to Hunted - The U-Boat in the Atlantic, 1939-1943 (Hardcover)
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From Hunter to Hunted - The U-Boat in the Atlantic, 1939-1943 (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R519
Discovery Miles 5 190
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In the early stages of the Second World War, Donitz's U-boats
generally adhered to Prize Rules, surfacing before attacking and
making every effort to preserve the lives of their victims' crews.
But, with the arming of merchantmen and greater risk of damage or
worse, they increasingly attacked without warning. So successful
was the U-boat campaign that Churchill saw it as the gravest threat
the Nation faced. The low point was the March 1943 attack on
convoys SC122 and HX229 when 44 U-boats sank 22 loaded ships. The
pendulum miraculously swung with improved tactics and technology.
In May 1943 out of a force of over 50 U-boats that challenged ONS5,
eight were sunk and 18 were damaged, some seriously. Such losses
were unsustainable and, with allied yards turning out ships at ever
increasing rates, Donitz withdrew his wolf packs from the North
Atlantic. Expert naval author and historian Bernard Edwards traces
the course of the battle of the Atlantic through a series of
thrilling engagement case studies.
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