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The Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945) was one of the most crucial of World War II; tens of thousands of sailors were killed on each side, and German U-boats almost succeeded in choking off the supply lines on which Britain's survival depended. This hard-fought conflict gets an engrossing retelling in this companion to the History Channel series. Williams, producer of War Crime: Five Days in Hell for the BBC, covers every aspect of the cat-and-mouse game in which U-boats stalked merchant convoys across the ocean and were in turn hunted by Allied planes and destroyers. It's a harrowing tale, full of torpedo attacks, depth-chargings and drownings in the icy North Atlantic, and Williams draws on many first-hand accounts, both German and Allied, to bring it to life. He also pulls back to examine the strategic dimensions of the battle, exploring the development of German wolf-pack tactics, the initially bumbling Allied efforts to organize convoys and escorts, and the increasingly sophisticated anti-submarine warfare techniques that eventually drove the wolf packs from the North Atlantic. Williams is especially good at explaining the vital development of sonar, radar, detection and decryption technologies that enabled Allied escorts to locate, evade and destroy the stealthy U-boats with ever greater success. The conflict was both a nerve-wracking battle of wits and an epic of self-sacrifice, and Williams's thorough research and skillful storytelling does it full justice. B&w photos.
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This companion to a History Channel miniseries is a thoroughly sound, readable popular naval history. The U-boats seriously endangered Britain's survival only during 1940-41 but remained dangerous until well into 1943. Both sides fought hard and ingeniously, but Allied intelligence, including code breaking, and production capacity carried the day and allowed further Allied victories while eventually ruining the morale of even the most determined U-boat crews. Williams' overview, which incorporates the viewpoints of a substantial number of survivors of specific incidents, betrays only a slight British slant. The informants, most of them well into their eighties, range from U-boat ace Erich Topp and British escort officer John Adams, who ended their careers as admirals, to British diver Sandy Robertson and German radio operator Heinz Wilde. All enlarge the dimension of Williams' account of the naval battle that was the longest in history and the most decisive one of World War II. This book deserves its place on the shelf occupied by Nicholas Monsarrat's classic, The Cruel Sea (1951). Roland Green
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The Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945) was one of the most crucial of World War II; tens of thousands of sailors were killed on each side, and German U-boats almost succeeded in choking off the supply lines on which Britain's survival depended. This hard-fought conflict gets an engrossing retelling in this companion to the History Channel series. Williams, producer of War Crime: Five Days in Hell for the BBC, covers every aspect of the cat-and-mouse game in which U-boats stalked merchant convoys across the ocean and were in turn hunted by Allied planes and destroyers. It's a harrowing tale, full of torpedo attacks, depth-chargings and drownings in the icy North Atlantic, and Williams draws on many first-hand accounts, both German and Allied, to bring it to life. He also pulls back to examine the strategic dimensions of the battle, exploring the development of German wolf-pack tactics, the initially bumbling Allied efforts to organize convoys and escorts, and the increasingly sophisticated anti-submarine warfare techniques that eventually drove the wolf packs from the North Atlantic. Williams is especially good at explaining the vital development of sonar, radar, detection and decryption technologies that enabled Allied escorts to locate, evade and destroy the stealthy U-boats with ever greater success. The conflict was both a nerve-wracking battle of wits and an epic of self-sacrifice, and Williams's thorough research and skillful storytelling does it full justice. B&w photos.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
This companion to a History Channel miniseries is a thoroughly sound, readable popular naval history. The U-boats seriously endangered Britain's survival only during 1940-41 but remained dangerous until well into 1943. Both sides fought hard and ingeniously, but Allied intelligence, including code breaking, and production capacity carried the day and allowed further Allied victories while eventually ruining the morale of even the most determined U-boat crews. Williams' overview, which incorporates the viewpoints of a substantial number of survivors of specific incidents, betrays only a slight British slant. The informants, most of them well into their eighties, range from U-boat ace Erich Topp and British escort officer John Adams, who ended their careers as admirals, to British diver Sandy Robertson and German radio operator Heinz Wilde. All enlarge the dimension of Williams' account of the naval battle that was the longest in history and the most decisive one of World War II. This book deserves its place on the shelf occupied by Nicholas Monsarrat's classic, The Cruel Sea (1951). Roland Green
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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