Hitler's U-Boat War by Blair, Clay -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Other Books By This Author Title Page Dedication Foreword Contents List of Maps List of Plates Prologue - Background for War

Early Developments U-boats in World War I Treaties, Disarmament, and Submarines The Rebirth of the German Navy A Dramatic Reconversion To the Eve of War

Book One - The U-boat War Against the British Empire: September 1939—December 1941

Chapter One

“To Die Gallantly” The Boat Complicated Rules “Winston Is Back” Hits and Misses Encounters with Ark Royal “A Wonderful Success” North Sea Patrols Poised for a Naval Race

Chapter Two

Plans and Problems Prien in Scapa Flow The First Wolf Pack Atlantic U-boat Operations: October-December 1939 Minelaying U-boat Countermeasures Atlantic Operations: January and February 1940 The U-boat Failure in Norway

Chapter Three

Return to the North Atlantic Great Britain at Risk “Happy Time”: The June Slaughter First Patrols from Lorient The August Slaughter Strategies, Secrets, and Deals More Happy Times The October Slaughter Serious British Lapses

Chapter Four

A Brutal Winter Knitting Anglo-American Relations Unhappy Times Attacking Naval Enigma “The Battle of the Atlantic” The Loss of Prien The Loss of Schepke and Kretschmer More Bad News Declining Prospects A Slight British Lead

Chapter Five

Flower Petals of Rare Beauty “Sink the Bismarck” Rich Trophies in West African Waters June Patrols to the North Atlantic A Revealing Convoy Battle Coastal Command Indigo Barbarossa: The Baltic and the Arctic July Patrols to the North Atlantic The Atlantic Charter August Patrols to the North Atlantic The Capture of U-570

Chapter Six

Allied Naval Operations German Naval Operations The North Atlantic Run Another Fierce Convoy Battle “We Are at War” Patrols to West Africa In Support of Rommel The Crisis in the Mediterranean The Loss of Kota Pinang, Atlantis, and Python An Epic Convoy Battle Assessments

Book Two - The U-boat War Against the Americas: December 1941—August 1942

Chapter Seven

Japan Strikes A New War The “Norway Paranoia” “All We Need Is Ships” A New Convoy Plan Beats on the Drum First Actions off Cape Hatteras The Attack on Canada Exploiting British Antisubmarine Technology German Diversions and Delays More Failures in Gibraltar-Azores Waters

Chapter Eight

The Loss of Naval Enigma First Type VII Patrols to the United States First Forays to the West Indies and Caribbean Unforeseen and Unplanned Convoy Attacks Another Heavy Blow Heated Exchanges Global Naval Challenges Hardegen’s Second Patrol A Spectacular Foray Patrols to Other Waters Sharing Deep Secrets

Chapter Nine

The British Raid on St. Nazaire Hitler’s Doubts and Promises Strategic Victories at Coral Sea and Midway Penetrating Gulfs Difficult Hunting on the East Coast Slaughter in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea Allied Oil Problems Mount The Argonaut Conference Group Hecht Mines, Agents, and Mishaps More Record Patrols by the Type IXs

Chapter Ten

The Shifting Character of the U-boat War June Patrols to the Americas Sharply Diminishing Returns from the Type IXs The Arctic: Convoy PQ 17 The Mediterranean: Supporting Rommel Return to the North Atlantic Run Return to the Middle and South Atlantic Further Patrols to the Americas More Poor Returns from the Type IXs Withdrawal from the Caribbean Assessments

Appendix 1 - Oceangoing U-boats Assigned to Combat: The First Three Years: August 1939–August 1942 Appendix 2 - U-boat Patrols to the North Atlantic: August 1939–August 1942 Appendix 3 - U-boat Patrols to the South Atlantic: October 1940–August 1942 Appendix 4 - U-boat Patrols to the Americas: December 1941–August 1942 Appendix 5 - U-boats Assigned to the Arctic Area: July 1941–August 1942 Appendix 6 - U-boats Transferred to the Mediterranean Sea: September 1941–August 1942 Appendix 7 - Sinkings by Type II U-boats (Ducks): September 1939–November 1941 Appendix 8 - Italian Submarines Based in the Atlantic Appendix 9 - The British Destroyer Situation 1939–1941 Appendix 10 - The Canadian Destroyer Situation 1939–1945 Appendix 11 - Exchange of Ocean-Escort Vessels Other Than Destroyers Between the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy 1942–1944 Appendix 12 - The American Destroyer Situation: January 1942–September 1942 Appendix 13 - American Destroyer Escort and Frigate Building Programs Appendix 14 - American Patrol Craft-Building Program in World War II: January 1, 1942–July 1, 1942 Appendix 15 - Ocean-Escort Vessels Lent by the Royal Navy to the U.S. Navy 1942–1943 Appendix 16 - Employment of Atlantic Fleet Destroyers as Escorts for Troopship and Special-Cargo Convoys and for Other Tasks: November 1941–September 1942 Appendix 17 - Allied Tanker Losses to Axis Submarines in the Atlantic Ocean Area: September 1939–December 1942 Appendix 18 - Allied and Neutral Ships and Tonnage Sunk by German and Italian Submarines in World War II: September 3, 1939–August 31, 1942 Acknowledgments and Sources Bibliography About the Author Copyright

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