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U Boat Wars
Edwin P. Hoyt
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Description for U Boat Wars
Paperback. The U-Boat Wars draws on German, British, and American naval archives to illuminate the deadly battles that were fought beneath the sea. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWF; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9780815411925
SKU
V9780815411925
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Edwin P. Hoyt
Edwin P. Hoyt is the author of Japan's War, 199 Days: The Battle for Stalingrad, and How They Won the War in the Pacific: Nimitz and His Admirals. He lives in Tokyo, Japan.
Reviews for U Boat Wars
The main show here is the series of great convoy battles, during one of which the Germans sank 141,000 tons of Allied shipping with the loss of only one U-boat! Shocking.
Publishers Weekly
Outstanding
Booklist
Drawing on German, British, and American archives, this, like Hoyt's many other war books, is a crackling narrative. It is factual, ... Read more
Publishers Weekly
Outstanding
Booklist
Drawing on German, British, and American archives, this, like Hoyt's many other war books, is a crackling narrative. It is factual, ... Read more