| The Royal Navy and Anti-Submarine Warfare, 1917-49 Contributor(s): Llewellyn-Jones, Malcolm (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415385326 ISBN-13: 9780415385329 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: Until 1944 U-boats operated as submersible torpedo craft, but, as a result of successful Allied anti-submarine measures, the Germans developed high-speed U-boats capable of continuously submerged operations. These submarines became benchmark of the post-war Russian submarine challenge. Royal Navy doctrine was developed by professional anti-submarine officers, and based on the well-tried combination of defensive and offensive anti-submarine measures that had stood the press of time since 1917, notwithstanding considerable technological change. This consistent and holistic view of anti-submarine warfare has not been understood by most of the subsequent historians of these anti-submarine campaigns, and provides an essential and new insight into how Cold War (and indeed modern) anti-submarine warfare is conducted. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Naval - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 940.545 |
| LCCN: 2005018081 |
| Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.37" W x 9.49" (1.08 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An essential new account of how anti-submarine warfare is conducted, with a focus on both historic and present-day operations. This new book shows how until 1944 U-boats operated as submersible torpedo craft which relied heavily on the surface for movement and charging their batteries. This pattern was repeated in WWII until Allied anti-submarine countermeasures had forced the Germans to modify their existing U-boats with the schnorkel. Countermeasures along also pushed the development of high-speed U-boats capable of continuously submerged operations. This study shows how these improved submarines became benchmark of the post-war Russian submarine challenge. Royal Navy doctrine was developed by professional anti-submarine officers, and based on the well-tried combination of defensive and offensive anti-submarine measures that had stood the press of time since 1917, notwithstanding considerable technological change. This consistent and holistic view of anti-submarine warfare has not been understood by most of the subsequent historians of these anti-submarine campaigns, and this book provides an essential and new insight into how Cold War, and indeed modern, anti-submarine warfare is conducted. |