Author: Gordon Williamson

Title: U-boat Tactics in World War II

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 64

Release Date: 2010-10-19

Details: Osprey's elite title on Germany's U-Boat tactics during World War II (1939-1945). At the start of the war, German U-boat technology vastly out performed that possessed by the Allies, and under the pressure of the war continual development helped keep pace with wartime needs and improvements in anti-submarine weaponry. But it was not just the technology that had to change. German U-boat tactics evolved over time. Used in a variety of roles, from coastal patrolling through to the combined actions of convey-hunting 'wolf packs', the tactics used by U-Boats were diverse. This book analyses how the U-boats dominated the seas thanks to their innovative and daring tactical deployment, and how the cracking of the Enigma code effectively hamstrung them, greatly reducing their impact, a problem that even their advanced tactics failed to solve.

EAN: 9781849081733

Package Dimensions: Height: 9.6999806 Inches, Length: 7.2499855 Inches, Weight: 0.55997414548 Pounds, Width: 0.55 Inches