The Battle Of The Atlantic

The Allies' Submarine Fight Against Hitler's Gray Wolves Of The Sea

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Andrew Williams

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A rousing history of one of the most bitterly fought campaigns of World War II, as seen through the eyes of those who fought and survived. From 1939 until 1942, Hitler's U-boats-the submarine fleet dubbed the "gray wolves"-threatened to accomplish what his air force had been unable to achieve: to starve Britain into submission. The ensuing struggle for control of the storm-tossed Atlantic trade routes became a full-scale war-within-a-war, and one which led to astounding losses: Allied powers would lose more than fifty thousand men, and fifteen million tons of shipping, over the course of the conflict.Through exclusive interviews with survivors on both sides-including those given for the first time by former U-boat crew members-historian and documentary producer Andrew Williams provides a riveting account of these crucial years of battle. Vividly recreating the claustrophobic and dangerous life on board, The Battle of the Atlantic succeeds in encompassing the whole experience of warfare as few other histories have, and forms an important contribution to our understanding of one of the greatest fights of the twentieth century.

Author Biography:

Andrew Williams is a writer and producer for the BBC. He has produced such internationally acclaimed programs as 'A Journey Home,' a documentary on the famine in Somalia, as well as the Emmy-nominated 'War Crime: Five Days in Hell,' an investigation into war crimes in the former Yugoslavia, and 'Provos: The IRA and Sinn Fein.'

Release date Australia

March 17th, 2004

Author

Andrew Williams

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Country of Publication

United States

Imprint

Basic Books

Pages

336

Publisher

Basic Books

Dimensions

156x235x19

ISBN-13

9780465091560

Product ID

3720316

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