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The U-boat War In The Atlantic Volume 3 - 1944-1945 (Paperback)
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The U-boat War In The Atlantic Volume 3 - 1944-1945 (Paperback)
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Loot Price R553
Discovery Miles 5 530
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This is the fascinating account, as told from the German
perspective, of the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest-running,
continuous military campaign in World War II, spanning from 1939
through to Germany's defeat in 1945. At its core was the Allied
naval blockade of Germany, which was announced the day after the
declaration of war, although it quickly grew to include Germany's
counter-blockade. The name "Battle of the Atlantic," was coined by
Winston Churchill in 1941 and he famously stated that the U-boats
were the only thing that really frightened him. The U-boat war
encompassed a campaign that began on the first day of the European
war and lasted for six years, involved thousands of ships and
stretched over thousands of square miles of ocean, in more than 100
convoy battles and perhaps 1,000 single-ship encounters. In the 68
months of World War II, 2,775 Allied merchant ships were sunk for
the loss of 781 U-boats. This is the story of that massive
encounter from the German perspective. Published in three volumes,
this work was compiled under the supervision of the U.S. Navy
Department and the British Admiralty by Fregattenkapitan G nther
Hessler. The author, though without previous experience as a
writer, had first hand experience of U-boat warfare having
commanded a U-boat in 1940 and 1941. For the remainder of the war
he was Staff Officer to the Flag Officer commanding U-boats. He had
access to German war diaries and other relevant documents
concerning U-boat command, and this work based on these many
documents, tells the story entirely from the viewpoint of that
command. For this reason this work is essential reading for anyone
interested in the history of World War II from primary sources and
will be of enduring interest to those engaged in attempting to
unravel the true nature of submarine warfare in World War II.
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