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The Battle of the Atlantic : how the allies won the war / Jonathan Dimbleby.

Dimbleby, Jonathan, (author.).

Summary:

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.

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  • ISBN: 9780190495855
  • ISBN: 0190495855
  • Physical Description: xxx, 530 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 Phony War that Wasn't 1 -- 2 Caught Hopping 25 -- 3 Rash Moves 45 -- 4 End of the Beginning 73 -- 5 U-Boats on the Rampage 99 -- 6 Churchill Declares 'The Battle of the Atlantic' 121 -- 7 Moving the Goalposts Again 147 -- 8 America Goes for It 172 -- 9 Secret Weapons 193 -- 10 Fingers in the Dyke 211 -- 11 Shifting Fortunes 227 -- 12 Beating the Drum 243 -- 13 Overstretched Everywhere 266 -- 14 Disaster in the Arctic 286 -- 15 Goading the Bear 313 -- 16 Dönitz Seizes His Chance 327 -- 17 Changes at the Top 344 -- 18 'The Battle of the Air' 353 -- 19 A Very Narrow Escape 376 -- 20 A Dramatic Turnabout 394 -- 21 Reckoning 424 -- 22 Beginning of the End 445.

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World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Atlantic Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations.

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Marion Library 940.54 DIM (Text) 37810435473094 Adult Nonfiction Available -