The Twilight of the U-Boats
- Authors
- Bernard Edwards
- Publisher
- Leo Cooper
- Tags
- world war 2 , naval , weapons & warfare , leaders
- ISBN
- 9781783379453
- Date
- 2003-07-22T04:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 3.54 MB
- Lang
- en
A leading British naval authority looks at the declining fortunes of the once invincible U-boat arm of the German Navy that had seriously threatened the Allies with defeat in the early years of World War II. To tell the story he focuses on U-223, commanded by Karl-Jürgen Wäether and commissioned in Kiel in January 1943. The submarine's murderous fourteen-month career, which ended dramatically in the Mediterranean in March 1944, is fully examined, and its exploits viewed in the wider context of the time. 256 pages. Hardcover. 6 x 9 inches.
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