The Naval War in South African Waters, 1939-1945 provides a critical reappraisal of the naval war waged in South African waters during the Second World War. The book investigates this broad topic by focussing on several interrelated aspects such as: the wartime strategic importance of South African waters; the rival Axis and Allied naval strategies in the southern oceans; the development of the South African coastal defence system; the full extent of the Axis naval operations in the southern oceans; the naval intelligence war; and, finally, the antisubmarine war waged in South African waters. Based on extensive archival research in South Africa and the United Kingdom, and supplemented by a wealth of secondary material, the book introduces a fresh, in-depth discussion on a largely forgotten episode of South African military history.

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Table of contents
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms & Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1: The strategic importance of South African waters
- 2: The South African coastal defence system, 1939-1945
- 3: Opportunistic Naval attacks, 1939-1945
- 4: The German u-boat operations, 1942-1945
- Photo album
- 5: The naval intelligence war: Early wartime contracts
- 6: The naval intelligence war: The Felix organisation
- 7: The naval counterintelligence war
- 8: The anti-submarine war, 1942-1945
- Conclusion
- References