The Battle Against The U-Boat In The American Theater [Illustrated Edition]

Includes 20 Illustrations In 1942 the Allied powers faced the most serious challenge to their control of the seas encountered in the Second World War: the menace of the U-boat. Fast, well- armed, and long-ranged, Hitler’s submarines attacked shipping throughout the North Atlantic, often within sight of America’s coastal towns and cities. Eventually, the combination of intelligence, land and sea- based air power, and surface vessel operations from both North American and British bases ended this