War Beneath the Sea
eBook - ePub

War Beneath the Sea

Submarine Conflict During World War II

  1. 592 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

War Beneath the Sea

Submarine Conflict During World War II

About this book

Praise for War Beneath the Sea
"I am truly filled with awe and admiration...fascinating and a great contribution to the entire lore of submarines.... I wish I had written the book."?Capt. Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.) author of Run Silent, Run Deep

"Peter Padfield is the best British naval historian of his generation now working. [His] book...will now become the standard work on the subject."?Daily Telegraph (London)

"Peter Padfield has produced by far the best and most complete critical history of the submarine operations of all the combatants in the Second World War, at the same time providing vivid narrative accounts of particular actions and events."?Lloyd?s List (London)

"An excellent account of submarine warfare in 1939?45... [it] recreates the tribulations and horrors of that especially brutal form of warfare within a sturdily analytical and often critical framework."?The Economist

"[A] marvelously complete and detailed study of World War II submarine warfare...an interesting, serious, and timely book."?Houston Chronicle

"A brilliant submarine warfare study."?Military Review

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Information

Year
2008
Print ISBN
9780471249450
eBook ISBN
9780470342800
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
World War II
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Illustrations
  6. Preface
  7. Abbreviations
  8. Maps
  9. Chapter 1. Submarines and Submariners
  10. Chapter 2. Towards the Second World War
  11. Chapter 3. War
  12. Chapter 4. Wolfpacks
  13. Chapter 5. Mediterranean Centre
  14. Chapter 6. America at War
  15. Chapter 7. The Turn of Fortune
  16. Chapter 8. Crisis for the U-boats
  17. Chapter 9. Victory in the Pacific
  18. Chapter 10. The End
  19. Chronology
  20. Appendix A
  21. Appendix B
  22. Appendix C
  23. Notes
  24. Bibliography
  25. Select Index