The U-Boat Hunters: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Offensive Against Germany's Submarines, 1943-1945 [Hardcover]

Marc Milner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1994

The Royal Canadian Navy is best known for its role in the defence of convoys against attacks by U-boats, particularly those in the mid-Atlantic from 1941 to 1943. Marc Milner's 1985 book, North Atlantic Run: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Battle for the Convoys, was the first scholarly analysis of those crucial defensive operations. The U-Boat Hunters takes up the story for the last two years of the war, when the measurement of operational effectiveness at sea shifted from success in defending convoys to the ability to hunt down and sink U-boats. The U-Boat Hunters, which completes Milner's analysis of the RCN's battle with Germany's submarines, is a pioneering study of the final years of the Atlantic war and a landmark work in both Canadian and modern naval history.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 326 pages
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press (November 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557508542
• ISBN-13: 978-1557508546
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,707,295 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Atlantic Canadian Vintage, May 26, 2000

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This review is from: The U-Boat Hunters: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Offensive Against Germany's Submarines, 1943-1945 (Hardcover)

Marc Milner has taken a piece of Canadian history and mixed in intrigue and adventure to create an excellent Atlantic Canadian adventure. A fun book to read.