U-48
Subtitle: the most successful U-boat of the Second World War
By: Franz Kurowski
Publisher: Frontline
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Barnsley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781848326064
Subjects: Submarine; Naval operations; U 48 (Submarine); World War, 1939-1945; German Naval operations
Work titles: U 48
Description: Following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Germany was not permitted to build or operate submarines.  However, clandestine training took place on Finnish and Spanish submarines and U-boats were still built to German designs in Dutch yards. After the outset of the Second World War, a fleet of U-boats was created in Germany and U-48 took up its place around England.  By August 1941, U-48, the most successful boat of the Second World war, had sunk 56 merchant ships.
Notes: "First published by Verlagshaus in Germany in 2007"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-174) and index.