THE ATLANTIC CAMPAIGN: THE GREAT STRUGGLE AT SEA 1939-1945

Author: Dan van der Vat

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Year published: 1988

Pagination: 424pp, 55 ills, 4 maps, index

Condition: vg in dw

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Dan van der Vat puts the battle in the context of a campaign, the "first round" being fought in the First World War. He looks at developments between the wars and examines how the later campaign grew out of the earlier one. How the Germans stayed secretly and illegally in the U-boat business before Hitler came to power, the exaggerated claims for the role of intelligence, the gradual recognition of airpower, the Canadian contribution, and attrition - the decisive factor.