From Baird Maritime:
A vast all-encompassing work compellingly describing Germany's most effective weapon in two World Wars and the counter measures of the Allied forces that eventually defeated them.
The First and Second World Wars' Battles of the Atlantic were not just battles of machines. They very much involved men, in many cases very brave and determined men as the author so well describes.
For about the first half of each war the U-Boats appeared to be unbeatable. They did enormous damage to men, materiel and morale. Eventually, the Allies developed effective counter measures. The tide, so to speak, turned and the U-Boats and their crews became the hunted rather than the hunters.
Staggering numbers of young men died in the process and staggering numbers of submarines and ships were sunk. Amazing destructiveness. The U-Boat crew casualty rate was 85 percent.
The author describes the breadth, depth, technology and humanity of these gigantic enterprises or "businesses". Magnificent but total folly.
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