The Battle of the Atlantic : how the allies won the war / Jonathan Dimbleby.
By: Dimbleby, Jonathan [author.]
Publisher: [London] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2015Description: xxx, 530 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraitsContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780241186602; 9780241186619Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Atlantic Ocean | World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- SubmarineDDC classification: 940.54293 Summary: The Battle of the Atlantic was - though often overlooked - crucial to the Allied victory. If the German U-boats had prevailed, the maritime artery across the Atlantic would have been severed. Mass hunger would have consumed Britain, and the Allied armies would have been prevented from joining in the invasion of Europe. There would have been no D-Day. Through fascinating contemporary diaries and letters, from the leaders and from the sailors on all sides, Jonathan Dimbleby creates a thrilling narrative that uniquely places the campaign in the context of the entire Second World War. Challenging conventional wisdom on the use of intelligence and on Churchill's bombing campaign, The Battle of the Atlantic tells the epic story of the decisions that led to victory, and the horror and humanity of life on those perilous seas.
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 940.54293 DIM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 012384 |
The Battle of the Atlantic was - though often overlooked - crucial to the Allied victory. If the German U-boats had prevailed, the maritime artery across the Atlantic would have been severed. Mass hunger would have consumed Britain, and the Allied armies would have been prevented from joining in the invasion of Europe. There would have been no D-Day. Through fascinating contemporary diaries and letters, from the leaders and from the sailors on all sides, Jonathan Dimbleby creates a thrilling narrative that uniquely places the campaign in the context of the entire Second World War. Challenging conventional wisdom on the use of intelligence and on Churchill's bombing campaign, The Battle of the Atlantic tells the epic story of the decisions that led to victory, and the horror and humanity of life on those perilous seas.