Naval War in South African Waters, 1939-1945

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• Publisher: Sun Press
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN: 9781991201751
• Edition: 0

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.

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