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U-Boats at War in 100 Objects, 1939-1945 (Hardcover)
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U-Boats at War in 100 Objects, 1939-1945 (Hardcover)
Series: In 100 Objects
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'The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was
the U-boat peril,' wrote Winston Churchill in his history of the
Second World War. 'I was even more anxious about this battle than I
had been about the glorious air fight called the Battle of
Britain." In reality, the Kriegsmarine had been woefully unprepared
for the war into which it was thrown. The Command-in-Chief of
submarines, Karl Donitz, himself a verteran U-boat captain from the
First World War, felt that he could bring Britain to its knees with
a fleet of 300 U-Boats. But when war broke out, he had just
twenty-four available for operational use. Despite this, the U-Boat
arm scored some incredible successes in the early part of the war,
raising the status of the submarine commanders and crews to that of
national heroes in the eyes of the German people. The 'Grey Wolves'
had become super-stars. Small wonder then that the U-Boat war has
fascinated students of military history ever since. This book,
using a carefully selected range of both wartime images and colour
images of surviving U-boat memorabilia from private collections,
describes 100 iconic elements of the U-Boat service and its
campaigns. The array of objects include important individuals and
the major U-Boat types, through to the uniforms and insignias the
men wore. The weapons, equipment and technology used are explored,
as are the conditions in which the U-boat crews served, from
cooking facilities and general hygiene down to the crude toilet
facilities. Importantly, the enemy that they faced is also covered,
examining the ship-borne and airborne anti-submarine weaponry
utilised against the U-boats. The U-Boats began the war, though
small in number, more than a match for the Allies and created
carnage amongst merchant shipping as well as sinking several major
warships. The pace of technological development, however, failed to
match that of Allied anti-submarine warfare weaponry and the
U-Bootwaffe was ultimately doomed to defeat but not before, at one
point, coming close to bringing Britain to its knees.
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