Shadows on the Horizon: The Battle of Convoy HX-233. Foreword by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rohwer. * With a handwritten, personal dedication to Jürgen Rohwer! "To Prof. Dr. Rohwer with warm and grateful thanks for your help without thich this would not have been possible! Win Haskell 26. November 1998".

HASKELL, W. A.:

ISBN 10: 1861760817 / ISBN 13: 9781861760814

Published by London. Chatham Publishing., 1988

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192 pages. With a lot of illustrations. Original hardcover with an illustrated dustjacket in good condition. 24x17 cm * This book tells the saga of a German front-line U-Boat, U-175, which, with her compatriots, very nearly severed Britain's lifeline across the Atlantic, and which culminated in a critical battle around Convoy HX-233 in the Spring of 1943. The author was a witness to the battle and this, combined with the meticulous research of original documents and his use of eye witness accounts from both the Allied and German sides, has resulted in a quite remarkable piece of work in which no stone has been left unturned in his desire to reconstruct exactly what happened both to the U-boats and their quarry in the crucial months of 1943. But the book is much more than a description of a single battle, for the author takes this particular event as a microcosm to explain the strategic and tactical background, the technical developments on both sides, and the operational experiences that occurred thoughout the whole of the War. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shadows on the Horizon: The Battle of Convoy HX-233. Foreword by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rohwer. * With a handwritten, personal dedication to Jürgen Rohwer! "To Prof. Dr. Rohwer with warm and grateful thanks for your help without thich this would not have been possible! Win Haskell 26. November 1998".
• Publisher: London. Chatham Publishing.
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 1861760817
• ISBN 13: 9781861760814
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 800 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Marine

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Synopsis

A study of the Second World War Battle of the Atlantic, comprised of eye-witness accounts together with research of original documents. The emphasis is on the story of the German front-line U-boat, U-175 and the battle around Convoy HX-233 in the Spring of 1943.