| Endgame: The U-Boat Inshore Campaign Contributor(s): White, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1862274851 ISBN-13: 9781862274853 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - Naval |
| Dewey: 940.545 |
| LCCN: 2008383456 |
| Physical Information: 128 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: By the time of the Normandy invasion in June 1944, the U-boats were a beaten force, hunted and harried wherever they appeared by Allied warships and aircraft. The U-boats proved to be little more than pinpricks against the landings, and advancing Anglo-American armies had driven them out of their French west Atlantic bases all the way back to Norway by September 1944. Yet the U-boat force mounted a sustained and effective campaign from their Norwegian bases. Admiral Doenitz revived the U-boat War against Allied merchant shipping with new inventions in the face of a massive Allied naval defense while Germany collapsed. The east coast waters were shallow and heavily mined. Other German naval forces made a significant contribution. The campaign also saw the first and only appearances of the new Type XXIII electric U-boats, a radically new submarine design, the forerunner of modern diesel-electric submarines. John White examines in detail the U-boat reaction to the Normandy Landings in June 1944, the Norwegian U-boat bases, German torpedoes, the interference by U-boat Command, the Scapa Flow carrier operation, and the Allied response up to the final surrender in May 1945. |