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Includes: Black & white photographs; Diagrams; Maps; References; Cutaways; Frontispiece; 2-column text; Appendices (3);

From the cover: “After the narrow defeat of their U-boat fleet in the First World War‚ the German Navy analysed their experiences and devised new theories and plans for a future conflict. The principal result of this study was the development of the daring concept of Rudeltaktik‚ which involved co-ordinated pack attacks on the Allied convoy systems that had proved so successful in defence.

Donitz was one of the architects of this new scheme‚ and his favoured method was the surfaced night attack‚ the U-boats shadowing the convoys for some time‚ communicating the position of their quarry and then converging from the surrounding ocean areas for ‘the kill’.

The perfect boat to implement this doctrine had to have certain characteristics it required an effective operational range and the levels of speed and armament usually associated with large boats; and it had to be highly manoeuvrable with a fast dive — a factor normally exhibited by smaller boats. It needed excellent communications and‚ above all‚ it had to be easy to build because a great many were needed. Armed with such a weapon‚ Donitz was convinced that‚ given the will‚ Germany could win any tonnageschlact (tonnage battle) in the Atlantic.

It was the Type VII U-boat that largely fulfilled this role. Over 700 examples o…

• 10” x 7¾”
• 160 pages.
• Index.
• ISBN: 1860198554
• Dustwrapper over Matching Pictorial boards
• Packed Weight: 1.50 Kg.

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