Summary of David K. Brown's Atlantic Escorts

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The first lesson was that the UK was very close to defeat in 1917, and remained vulnerable to submarine attack. The German U-boat force had three main objectives: to weaken the Grand Fleet by attrition, so that the High Seas Fleet could fight on level terms; to defeat the UK by starvation; and to prevent the US Army from reaching France. #2 After the war, there was a sense that submarines had been defeated wit