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020 _a0190495855
_qhardcover
035 _a(OCoLC)919041896
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092 _a940.5429
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aDimbleby, Jonathan,
_eauthor.
_9299310
245 1 4 _aThe Battle of the Atlantic :
_bhow the allies won the war /
_cJonathan Dimbleby.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bOxford University Press,
_c[2016]
300 _axxx, 530 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe phony war that wasn't -- Caught hopping -- Rash moves -- The end of the beginning -- U-boats on the rampage -- Churchill declares "the Battle of the Atlantic" -- Moving the goalposts again -- America goes for it -- Secret weapons -- Fingers in the dyke -- Shifting fortunes -- Beating the drum -- Overstretched everywhere -- Disaster in the Arctic -- Goading the bear -- D�onitz seizes his chance -- Changes at the top -- "The Battle of the Air" -- A very narrow escape -- A dramatic turnabout -- The reckoning -- The beginning of the end -- Epilogue: fates disentwined.
520 _aJonathan Dimbleby's The Battle of the Atlantic offers a detailed and immersive account of this campaign, placing it within the context of the war as a whole. Dimbleby delves into the politics on both sides of the Atlantic, revealing the role of Bletchley Park and the complex and dynamic relationship between America and England. He uses contemporary diaries and letters from leaders and sailors to chilling effect, evoking the lives and experiences of those who fought the longest battle of World War Two. This is the definitive account of the Battle of the Atlantic.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xCampaigns
_zAtlantic Ocean.
_922618
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xNaval operations
_xSubmarine.
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650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xNaval operations.
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