The Battle of the Atlantic
Subtitle: how the allies won the war
By: Jonathan Dimbleby
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 530
ISBN-13: 9780190495855
Subjects: Campaigns; Submarine; Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945
Description: Jonathan Dimbleby's The Battle of the Atlantic offers a detailed and immersive account of this campaign, placing it within the context of the war as a whole. Dimbleby delves into the politics on both sides of the Atlantic, revealing the role of Bletchley Park and the complex and dynamic relationship between America and England. He uses contemporary diaries and letters from leaders and sailors to chilling effect, evoking the lives and experiences of those who fought the longest battle of World War Two. This is the definitive account of the Battle of the Atlantic.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The phony war that wasn't; title: Caught hopping; title: Rash moves; title: The end of the beginning; title: U-boats on the rampage; title: Churchill declares "the Battle of the Atlantic"; title: Moving the goalposts again; title: America goes for it; title: Secret weapons; title: Fingers in the dyke; title: Shifting fortunes; title: Beating the drum; title: Overstretched everywhere; title: Disaster in the Arctic; title: Goading the bear; title: Dönitz seizes his chance; title: Changes at the top; title: "The Battle of the Air"; title: A very narrow escape; title: A dramatic turnabout; title: The reckoning; title: The beginning of the end; title: Epilogue: fates disentwined.