Hitler's U-boat Bases: Fortress Europe - Softcover

Mallmann Showell, Jak P

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750926066 ISBN 13: 9780750926065

Publisher: The History Press, 2002

Synopsis

This title provides a concise historical background to the rise of the Nazi U-boat fleet, and the part it played in World War II. The author examines in detail how and why each of the bases in France, Germany and Norway were designed and built, and how they were defended against attack.

About this title

Synopsis:

During World War II, German U-boats played a central role in offensive operations across the world's oceans. In the Battle of the Atlantic, U-boats were pitched against Allied merchant ships to prevent vital supplies being brought to Britain - Hitler's undersea fleet brought Britain to the brink of capitulation. This is a comprehensive guide to the bases that lay behind this deadly operation. Hitler ordered these bases to be constructed at strategically crucial sites, where the U-boats were berthed and repaired, and from where they sailed forth on their war patrols. Many of these monolithic structures still exist today in all their menacing glory, despite suffering repeated attempts by Allied bombers to destroy them. This title provides a concise historical background to the rise of the Nazi U-boat fleet, and the part it played in World War II. The author examines in detail how and why each of the bases in France, Germany and Norway were designed and built, and how they were defended against attack, while listing which boats were based where and when. A comprehensive gazetteer reveals what is left to see today of these massive structures at each of the sites.

About the Author:

Jak P. Malmann Showell is the son of a Kriegsmarine U-boat man who was killed in the Battle of the Atlantic in 1944. Jak has written many books on the Kriegsmarine and the U-boat war in particular, including U-boats in Camera and the German Navy Handbook: 1939-1945, for Sutton Publishing.

About this edition

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0750926066
• ISBN 13: 9780750926065
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224