Decision in the Atlantic
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The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest campaign of the Second World War. This volume highlights the scale and complexity of this bitterly contested campaign, one that encompassed far more than just attacks by German U-boats on Allied shipping.
The team of leading scholars assembled in this study situates…
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After almost 80 years you might think that there was nothing new to say about the Battle of the Atlantic. This volume shows the scholarship remains vigorous and ongoing.
It highlights the multi-faceted nature and complexity of the Atlantic campaign the understanding of which goes well beyond traditional images of U-Boats hunting convoys in the mid-Atlantic. The team of scholars writing for this study provides fresh perspective on the Battle and the struggle for control of Britain’s sealines of communication between 1939 and 1945
From G.H.'s list on Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic.
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