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The Battle of the Atlantic Andrew Williams

The Battle of the Atlantic By Andrew Williams

The Battle of the Atlantic by Andrew Williams


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Published to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic, this book contains interviews with survivors of this savage, strategically-important campaign. Over 30,000 seamen lost their lives and 85 per cent of U-boat crews were killed.

The Battle of the Atlantic Summary

The Battle of the Atlantic by Andrew Williams

Accompanying the the BBc television series of the the same name, this work tells the story of Hitler's attempt to sever Britain's lifeline across the Atlantic. For Winston Churchill it was the only thing that ever frightened me during the war. The book recounts the tale of the longest, most bitterly fought campaign of World War II. From 1939 until 1942, Hitler's U-Boats - his grey wolves - threatened to do what his air force couldn't - starve Britain into submission. The Allies lost a total of 15-million tons of shipping, and 40,000 sailors lost their lives during the five-year Battle of the Atlantic. Britain's imports - upon which it heavily relied - were halved during the war by the U-Boat threat, leading to enforced rationing and the introduction of the victory gardens. Gradually, the Allied losses began to decline largely due to the use of Radar - a system that could detect U-Boats on the surface of the oceans - and to the inaccuracy of the U-Boats torpedoes. Pulling on exclusive interviews with U-Boat crews, Andrew Williams draws a picture of the uncomfortable, claustrophobic and dangerous life on board the U-Boats - the Iron Coffins - and looks at the making of this elite brotherhood - 85 per cent of whom were killed. He also gathers interviews from the British and American navy to illustrate the story with numerous untold tales of enormous personal courage and horrific losses.

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GOR001274928
9780563534297
056353429X
The Battle of the Atlantic by Andrew Williams
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Ebury Publishing
20020627
304
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