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The U Boat Century
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Author : Jak P. Mallmann Showell
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2006
The U Boat Century written by Jak P. Mallmann Showell and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
The U-boat was one of the most potent weapons of the twentieth century, and in this book one of the world's leading U-boat historians explains how the German submarine was developed and designed and then deployed to wreak havoc in European waters and further afield in the Atlantic and Far East. This is not a dry technical study but a work that looks behind the scenes at the men who built and fought in them. While the boats themselves are described, Mallmann Showell paints a broader picture of life in the U-boat arm. Weapons systems, operational areas, bases, builders and fleet organization are covered, and as well as dealing with the world wars, the author covers today's German navy and brings the story up to date with a full description of the third, latest generation of U-boats. The text is augmented by some 400 photographs, many never before published. The book's publication coincides with the centenary of the launch of Germany's first U-boat in August 1906. It is an essential addition to the library of every modern naval historian and enthusiast.
Submarine Operational Effectiveness In The 20th Century
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Author : Captain John F. O'Connell
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2010-06-21
Submarine Operational Effectiveness In The 20th Century written by Captain John F. O'Connell and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-21 with History categories.
A very new weapons system, the lurking submarine with its self-propelled torpedoes fired from ambush changed the complexion of naval warfare forever. Both warships and merchant ships were at risk. In 1914 U-boats demonstrated their capability to sink major warships. During 1915 they turned their attention to merchant ships and began to sink or capture them in wholesale lots. U-boats nearly won the First World War for Germany by forcing Great Britain into peace negotiations in late 1917. U-boats sank or captured over 6,100 ships during WW I. In April 1917 England had only six weeks grain supply left, and apparently had no adequate way to deal with the unrestricted U-boat offensive that Germany unleashed in February of that year. Submarine Operational Effectiveness in the 20th Century deals with the first strategic submarine campaign and its outcome. It goes on to outline submarine development by major nations during the 1920s and 1930s, including submarine use during the Spanish Civil War. It ends in 1939, on the eve of World War Two, a war in which two massive submarine campaigns would be waged: the first by Nazi Germany against the Allies; and the second by the United States against the Empire of Japan.
U Boats
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Author : Henry C. Keatts
language : en
Publisher: Periscope
Release Date : 2007-09-01
U Boats written by Henry C. Keatts and has been published by Periscope this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-01 with Scuba diving categories.
Part of the Dive into History series, this work traces the development of the U-boat and its role in two world wars. It also features eleven wrecks that are both war losses and war prizes sunk around the coast of the United States during the twentieth century. Each story is a microcosm of the tale of the U-boat as a formidable weapon of war.
Submarine Operational Effectiveness In The 20th Century
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Author : Captain John F. O'Connell, USN (RET.)
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2011-08-18
Submarine Operational Effectiveness In The 20th Century written by Captain John F. O'Connell, USN (RET.) and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-18 with History categories.
The submarine emerged as a serious weapons system during the First World War (1914 - 1918). During that conflict Germany with its unrestricted submarine warfare campaign of 1917 nearly drove Great Britain to the negotiating table. Its U-boats sank 6,196 ships of 13,438,632 gross register tons. Despite post-war attempts to ban the submarine from warfare, it survived. Both Italy and Germany used submarines, covertly, during the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939). This book, Part Two of a series, discusses the use of submarines during World War Two (1939 - 1945) and their effectiveness. It focuses principally on two strategic submarine campaigns. The first is about German U-boats against British and neutral commerce. That campaign finally failed during the Battle of The Atlantic in 1943. The second deals with American submarines against Japanese shipping from Southeast Asia to the home islands, a campaign that successfully isolated Japan from its sources of raw materials and foodstuffs during 1944 and effectively defeated Japan.
Defeating The U Boat Inventing Antisubmarine Warfare
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Author : Jan S. Breemer
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2012-08-07
Defeating The U Boat Inventing Antisubmarine Warfare written by Jan S. Breemer and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-07 with History categories.
The emergence of operationally effective submarines in the decade or so preceding the outbreak of World War I revolutionized naval warfare. The pace of change in naval technologies generally in the late nineteenth century was unprecedented, but the submarine represented a true revolution in the nature of war at sea, comparable only to the emergence of naval aviation in the period following the First World War or of ballistic missiles and the atomic bomb following the Second. It is therefore not altogether surprising that the full promise and threat of this novel weapon were not immediately apparent to observers at the time. Even after submarines had proved their effectiveness in the early months of the war, navies were slow to react to the new strategic and operational environment created by them. The Royal Navy in particular failed to foresee the vulnerability of British maritime commerce to the German U-boat, especially after the Germans determined on a campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare—attack without warning on neutral as well as enemy merchant shipping—in 1917. In Defeating the U-boat: Inventing Antisubmarine Warfare, Newport Paper 36, Jan S. Breemer tells the story of the British response to the German submarine threat. His account of Germany's “asymmetric” challenge (to use the contemporary term) to Britain's naval mastery holds important lessons for the United States today, the U.S. Navy in particular. The Royal Navy's obstinate refusal to consider seriously the option of convoying merchant vessels, which turned out to be the key to the solution of the Uboat problem, demonstrates the extent to which professional military cultures can thwart technical and operational innovation even in circumstances of existential threat. Although historical controversy continues to cloud this issue, Breemer concludes that the convoying option was embraced by the Royal Navy only under the pressure of civilian authority. Breemer ends his lively and informative study with some general reflections on military innovation and the requirements for fostering it.
The Pirate S Progress
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Author : William Archer
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-07-18
The Pirate S Progress written by William Archer and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-18 with History categories.
Excerpt from The Pirate's Progress: A Short History of the U-Boat Then. Rose from sea to sky the wild farewell, Then shrieked the timid and stood still the brave, Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave' And the sea yawned around her like a hell, And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, As one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Hitler S Wonder U Boats
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Author : Jak P Mallmann Showell
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2018-02
Hitler S Wonder U Boats written by Jak P Mallmann Showell and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02 with categories.
Launched during the last days of the Third Reich in an attempt to restart the Battle of the Atlantic, the majority of the revolutionary Electro-U-boats never saw action. Instead, they became the forebears of the Cold War's much dreaded hunter-killer submarines. Slotted in among the highly technical information in the German U-boat Museum were some fascinating personal logbook annotations from men who served in these boats. These non-technical, human anecdotes form the core of this book. Rather than compiling a technical treatise, Hitler's 'Wonder' U-Boats makes maximum use of the personal accounts to tell the human story of how this new generation of submarines went to war under the incredibly harsh conditions that prevailed at the time. Accompanied by more than 100 images, this unique operational information is mirrored with similar reports from conventional snorkel-fitted U-boats, which were at sea at about the same time, to provide a good comparison with earlier types. The result is a work that makes it easy to appreciate the improvements that were made in such an incredibly short period of time to place the Electro-U-boat among the great technical achievements of the 20th century.
D Nitz U Boats Convoys
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Author : Jak P. Mallmann Showell
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2013-08-21
D Nitz U Boats Convoys written by Jak P. Mallmann Showell and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-21 with History categories.
This unique WWII history combines the memoirs of a Nazi Admiral with secret British naval reports for a comprehensive view of the U-Boat war. The memoirs of Admiral Karl Dönitz, Ten Years and Twenty Days, are a fascinating first-hand account of the Battle of the Atlantic as seen from the headquarters of the U-boat fleet. Now, noted naval historian Jak P. Mallmann Showell has combined Dönitz's memoirs in a parallel text with the British Admiralty's secret Monthly Anti-Submarine Reports to produce a unique view of the U-boat war as it was perceived at the time by both sides. The British Monthly Anti-Submarine Reports were classified documents issued only to senior officers hunting U-boats. They were supposed to have been returned to the Admiralty and destroyed at the end of the War, but by chance a set survived in the archives of the Royal Navy's Submarine Museum in Gosport. They offer significant and hitherto unavailable insight into the British view of the Battle of the Atlantic as it was being fought. With expert analysis of these firsthand sources from opposing sides of the conflict, Jak P. Mallmann Showell presents what may be the most complete contemporary account of the desperate struggle in the North Atlantic during the Second World War.
The U Boat Hunters
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Author : James Brendan Connolly
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-04
The U Boat Hunters written by James Brendan Connolly and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04 with Literary Collections categories.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Submarine Operational Effectiveness In The 20th Century
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Author : John F. O'Connell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-06
Submarine Operational Effectiveness In The 20th Century written by John F. O'Connell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06 with History categories.
A very new weapons system, the lurking submarine with its self-propelled torpedoes fired from ambush changed the complexion of naval warfare forever. Both warships and merchant ships were at risk. In 1914 U-boats demonstrated their capability to sink major warships. During 1915 they turned their attention to merchant ships and began to sink or capture them in wholesale lots. U-boats nearly won the First World War for Germany by forcing Great Britain into peace negotiations in late 1917. U-boats sank or captured over 6,100 ships during WW I. In April 1917 England had only six weeks grain supply left, and apparently had no adequate way to deal with the unrestricted U-boat offensive that Germany unleashed in February of that year. Submarine Operational Effectiveness in the 20th Century deals with the first strategic submarine campaign and its outcome. It goes on to outline submarine development by major nations during the 1920s and 1930s, including submarine use during the Spanish Civil War. It ends in 1939, on the eve of World War Two, a war in which two massive submarine campaigns would be waged: the first by Nazi Germany against the Allies; and the second by the United States against the Empire of Japan.