E-Boat Alert: Defending the Normandy Invasion Fleet [Hardcover]

James Foster Tent (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 286 pages
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press; First edition (March 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557508054
• ISBN-13: 978-1557508058
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,443,123 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 start, what else need I say..., October 8, 1998

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[e-mail] (Leuven, Belgium) - See all my reviews

This review is from: E-Boat Alert: Defending the Normandy Invasion Fleet (Hardcover)

Excellent book on a little known part of the history of World War II. This book not only focusses on the actions of the E-boats vs. the Allied fleet (and of the Allies vs. the E-boats) but also traces the origin of the fast coastal torpedo vessel. Lots of background information and stories of the people who were there.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview of E-boats, August 28, 2007

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Yoda (Hadera, Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: E-Boat Alert: Defending the Normandy Invasion Fleet (Hardcover)

Book provides an excellent history of E-boats from end of WWI to the end of WWII. Shows not only developmental history, but development of strategy, technical specifications of boats and how they rapidly changed during WWII and their theater of operations. Only weakness is regarding E-boat personnel (i.e., training, backgrounds, etc.). Too little on the actual crews. The boats did not operate themselves and work exclusively to doctrines developed at the admiral level.