The gripping tale of the campaign that ultimately determined the outcome of the Second World War.The Battle of the Atlantic was crucial to the Allied victory. If the German U--boats had prevailed, the
The gripping tale of the campaign that ultimately determined the outcome of the Second World War.The Battle of the Atlantic -- the longest campaign of the Second World War and the most destructive nav
A major reinterpretation of the most important military campaign of World War II?World War II was only a few hours old when the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest campaign of World War II?and the mos
The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest single engagement of the Second World War, resulted in the expansive growth of the Royal Canadian Navy as it prepared for the threat of German U-boats. Includin
Winston Churchill claimed the 'U-boat peril' was the only thing that frightened him during World War II. The U-boat was developed from a small coastal vessel into a state-of-the-art killer, stalking t
Between 1939 and 1945, more than 36,000 Allied sailors and navy airmen and 36,000 merchant seamen lost their lives in perhaps the least-known major battle of World War II, the Battle of the Atlantic.
The late Morison, a professor of American history at Harvard U., was appointed by his close friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, to write the history of US naval operations during World War II, and in this
The length, scale and intensity of the Battle of the Atlantic led the British and German navies to make substantial changes to their organisation, strategy and tactics. In this book, Dennis Haslop exa
The Defeat of the German U-Boats explains the significance and the outcome of World War II's most important naval campaign in the European theater--the air and sea battle that ended Germany's bid to s
From 1939 until 1942, Hitler's U-boats-the submarine fleet dubbed the "gray wolves"-threatened to accomplish what his air force had been unable to achieve: to starve Britain into submission. The ensui
"The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril," wrote Winston Churchill in his monumental history of World War II. His fear was shared by many. The North Atlantic
"The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril," wrote Winston Churchill in his monumental history of World War Two. In many ways, the Atlantic shipping l
