Battle of the Atlantic 1942-45 : the climax of World War II's greatest naval campaign
Lardas, Mark2021
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As 1942 opened, both Nazi Germany and the Allies were ready for the climactic battles of the Atlantic to begin. Germany had 91 operational U-boats, and over 150 in training or trials. Production for 1942-44 was planned to exceed 200 boats annually. Karl Dönitz, running the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm, would finally have the numbers needed to run the tonnage war he wanted against the Allies. Meanwhile, the British had, at last, assembled the solution to the U-boat peril. Its weapons and detection systems had improved to the stage that maritime patrol aircraft could launch deadly attacks on U-boats day and night. This book, the second of two volumes, explores the climactic events of the Battle of the Atlantic, and reveals how air power ultimately proved to be the Allies' most important weapon in one of the most bitterly fought naval campaigns of World War II.
Main title:
Battle of the Atlantic 1942-45 : the climax of World War II's greatest naval campaign / Mark Lardas ; illustrated by Edouard A. Groult.
Author:
Lardas, Mark, authorGroult, Edouard A., illustrator
Imprint:
Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2021.
Collation:
96 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Air campaign ; 21.
ISBN:
9781472841537 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2255936
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