
- 592 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Chapter 1. Submarines and Submariners
- Chapter 2. Towards the Second World War
- Chapter 3. War
- Chapter 4. Wolfpacks
- Chapter 5. Mediterranean Centre
- Chapter 6. America at War
- Chapter 7. The Turn of Fortune
- Chapter 8. Crisis for the U-boats
- Chapter 9. Victory in the Pacific
- Chapter 10. The End
- Chronology
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Select Index