TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paterson,Lawrence
TI  - The U-boat war: a global history 1939-45 
SN  - 9781472848253
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Osprey Publishing
KW  - Germany
KW  - Kriegsmarine
KW  - Submarine forces
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Naval operations, German
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Submarine
KW  - Submarines (Ships)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-323) and index; Genesis -- War -- The myth of the 'happy time' -- Diverging objectives -- The descent -- Sun and snow -- Drumbeat in the New World -- Losing the race -- Tipping point -- Reinforcing failure -- Total commitment
N2  - "The first complete history of the U-boat war in its entirety, a story which began on the very first day of hostilities in 1939 and did not end until the final torpedo sinking on 7 May 1945. It details the Wehrmacht's disastrous decision to dispatch Dönitz's U-boats to the Mediterranean; the actions of U-boats at the extremities of the Eastern Front, where, despite the legendary destruction of the PQ17 convoy, they failed to turn the tide of war; and smaller but crucial operations throughout the Indian Ocean and southern Africa. What becomes increasingly clear throughout these dangerous and costly deployments is how U-boat operations were inexorably tied to an increasingly inefficient global naval strategy. This ... book details the U-boats' often direct relationship with land, sea and aerial campaigns of both the Allied and Axis powers, dispels certain accepted mythologies, and reveals how the ultimate failure of the U-boats stemmed as much from chaotic German military and industrial mismanagement as it did from Allied advances in code-breaking and weaponry"--Dust jacket flap
ER  -