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U-Boats in the Mediterranean: 1941-1944
The campaign waged by German U-boats in the Mediterranean in the Second World War was one of the hardest fought of the war at sea. In confined waters, facing often overwhelming Allied naval and air superiority, a relatively small number of submarines caused considerable losses to the Royal Navy and its allies.
This new book puts that campaign into its strategic context, showing how it both affected and was affected by the fortunes of Rommel's Afrika Korps in the Western Desert and the U-boat battle in the Atlantic, as well as describing the unique difficulties faced by the U-boats operating in the clear, shallow waters of the Mediterranean.
The U-boats' successes are described in detail, such as the sinking of HMS Ark Royal, and the torpedoing of the battleship HMS Barham, which provided one of the best-known images of the Second World War at sea. Full use has been made of first-hand accounts by veterans, official German records and Allied archives to present the most comprehensive account of U-boats in the Mediterranean yet published.
A unique account of a unique campaign, this book sheds new light on a neglected aspect of the U-boat war, and shows the courage and fortitude of the men on both sides of this savage conflict.
This new book puts that campaign into its strategic context, showing how it both affected and was affected by the fortunes of Rommel's Afrika Korps in the Western Desert and the U-boat battle in the Atlantic, as well as describing the unique difficulties faced by the U-boats operating in the clear, shallow waters of the Mediterranean.
The U-boats' successes are described in detail, such as the sinking of HMS Ark Royal, and the torpedoing of the battleship HMS Barham, which provided one of the best-known images of the Second World War at sea. Full use has been made of first-hand accounts by veterans, official German records and Allied archives to present the most comprehensive account of U-boats in the Mediterranean yet published.
A unique account of a unique campaign, this book sheds new light on a neglected aspect of the U-boat war, and shows the courage and fortitude of the men on both sides of this savage conflict.
202 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2007
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Lawrence Paterson
32 books19 followersBorn and raised in New Zealand, but now living in southern Italy. I've been interested in history, particularly WW2 history, since I can remember.
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February 21, 2020
This was generally a good and informative read. The author deserve credit for writing a book on this thoroughly neglected theatre of war of the German submarines, as most books deals with the battle of the Atlantic. I particularly liked that the author uses primary sources such a war diaries of the C-in-C Submarines. However, after a while, the book becomes a bit repetative. The author focuses a lot on the account of certain battles and sinkings, but misses to give more detailed background, which would have been a great addition to this book. Nevertheless, I learned many new aspects and would reocmmed this to anyone, who encounters the topic for the first time.
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