U-48: The Most Successful U-Boat of the Second World War

by Franz Kurowski and Franz Kurowsk

Following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Germany was not permitted to build or operate submarines. However, clandestine training took place on Finnish and Spanish submarines and U-boats were still built to German designs in Dutch yards.

At the outset of the Second World War, Admiral Karl D nitz argued for a 300-strong U-boat fleet, since his force of fifty-seven assorted U-boats could not materially affect British seaborne...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399014315
• ISBN13: 9781399014311
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"