| The U-Boat Wars Contributor(s): Hoyt, Edwin P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815411928 ISBN-13: 9780815411925 Publisher: Cooper Square Press OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2002 Annotation: This book is the dramatic story of the rise and fall of Germany's submarine fleet in World War II. Four months into the war U-boats had sunk one-third of the British battleships; six months after America's entry half the United States' total tonnage lay on the ocean floor. Yet, by the war's end, three-quarters of the U-boat crews had been slain. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 940.545 |
| LCCN: 2002100805 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.56" W x 8.53" (0.71 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |