U-Boats in the Mediterranean: 1941-1944 9781510731639

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Автор: Paterson Lawrence
Название: U-Boats in the Mediterranean: 1941-1944
ISBN: 9781510731639
Издательство: Skyhorse Publishing
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Вторая мировая война

ISBN-10: 1510731636
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 216
Вес: 0.29 кг.
Дата издания: 05.06.2018
Язык: English
Размер: 229 x 155 x 23
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Поставляется из: США
Описание: Between September 1941 and May 1944, the Germans sent sixty-two U-boats into the Mediterranean. To get there, the boats had to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar, the British-held entry point, where nearly a third of them were sunk or forced to turn back. Of the submarines that made it into the clear, calm waters of the Mediterranean, not one of them ever made it back into the Atlantic: They were all either sunk in battle or scuttled by their own crews.

In U-Boats in the Mediterranean, Lawrence Paterson puts the campaign into its strategic context, showing how it coordinated with Rommels Afrika Korps in the Western Desert and the U-boat battle in the Atlantic. He describes the weapons and tactics the commanders used to try to overcome the difficulties of operating in the shallow waters and and how increasing Allied dominance of the air took its heavy toll.

Paterson details the U-boat triumphs such as the sinking of HMS Ark Royal, and the torpedoing of the battleship HMS Barham, which provided one of the best-known images of the Second World War at sea. Making full use of firsthand accounts by veterans, official German records, and Allied archives, the book puts a spotlight on a neglected aspect of the U-boat war and shows the courage and fortitude of the men on both sides of this savage conflict.

U-Boats in the Mediterranean: 1941-1944, Paterson Lawrence