From Hunter to Hunted: The U-Boat in the Atlantic, 1939-1943

by Bernard Edwards

Book Overview

In the early stages of the Second World War, Donitz's U-boats generally adhered to Prize Rules, surfacing before attacking and making every effort to preserve the lives of their victims' crews. But, with the arming of merchant men and greater risk of damage or worse, they increasingly attacked without warning.

So successful was the U-boat campaign that Churchill saw it as the gravest threat the Nation faced. The low point was the March 1943...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526763591
• ISBN13: 9781526763594
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Maritime
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"