The U-Boat Wars 1st Edition

by Edwin P. Hoyt (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-0815411925

ISBN-10: 0815411928

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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, sub-hunter Captain F. J. Walker, and others―who decided the fate of the Atlantic.

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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)

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Drawing on German, British, and American archives, this, like Hoyt's many other war books, is a crackling narrative. It is factual, fast-paced, and gripping. He brings history alive and is always fresh and never dull. (World War II History)

About the Author

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.

Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Cooper Square Press; 1 edition (March 4, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0815411928
ISBN-13: 978-0815411925
Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 1 customer review
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,240,958 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #9058 in Books > History > Military > Naval
- #12271 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > History > Military
- #35317 in Books > History > Military > World War II

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Bev Thompson

HUGE Disappointment

February 5, 2015

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

If you like numbers, and figures such as "numbers of ships sunk," "total tonnage gone", "on day one, one ship was sunk, on day two, two ships were sunk", etc., then this book is for you. But if you prefer -- like us -- details of confrontations with the enemy, conversations with the U-boat commander and crew, etc., you too will be greatly disappointed.

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