Submarines and Submariners; Towards the Second World War; War; Wolfpacks; Mediterranean Centre; America at War; The Turn of Fortune; Crisis for the U-Boats; Victory in the Pacific; The End; Chronology; Appendices; References and Notes; Bibliography; Select Index.
PETER PADFIELD is a leading naval and military historian whose critically acclaimed works include D?nitz: The Last F?hrer, Guns at Sea, The Battleship Era, Armada, and a multivolume history of decisive naval battles, Tides of Empire.
Praise for War Beneath the Sea ""I am truly filled with awe and
admiration...fascinating and a great contribution to the entire
lore of submarines.... I wish I had written the book."" --Capt.
Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.) author of Run Silent, Run Deep ""Peter
Padfield is the best British naval historian of his generation now
working. [His] book...will now become the standard work on the
subject."" --Daily Telegraph (London) ""Peter Padfield has produced
by far the best and most complete critical history of the submarine
operations of all the combatants in the Second World War, at the
same time providing vivid narrative accounts of particular actions
and events."" --Lloyd's List (London) ""An excellent account of
submarine warfare in 1939-45... [it] recreates the tribulations and
horrors of that especially brutal form of warfare within a sturdily
analytical and often critical framework."" --The Economist ""[A]
marvelously complete and detailed study of World War II submarine
warfare...an interesting, serious, and timely book."" --Houston
Chronicle ""A brilliant submarine warfare study."" --Military
Review
Praise for War Beneath the Sea ""I am truly filled with awe and
admiration...fascinating and a great contribution to the entire
lore of submarines.... I wish I had written the book."" -Capt.
Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.) author of Run Silent, Run Deep ""Peter
Padfield is the best British naval historian of his generation now
working. [His] book...will now become the standard work on the
subject."" --Daily Telegraph (London) ""Peter Padfield has produced
by far the best and most complete critical history of the submarine
operations of all the combatants in the Second World War, at the
same time providing vivid narrative accounts of particular actions
and events."" --Lloyd's List (London) ""An excellent account of
submarine warfare in 1939-45... [it] recreates the tribulations and
horrors of that especially brutal form of warfare within a sturdily
analytical and often critical framework."" --The Economist ""[A]
marvelously complete and detailed study of World War II submarine
warfare...an interesting, serious, and timely book."" --Houston
Chronicle ""A brilliant submarine warfare study."" --Military
Review
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