War Against the Nazi U-Boats 1942-1944: The Antisubmarine Command

by L Douglas Keeney

Overview

As Churchill clung to the last thread of hope, German U-boat wolf packs savaged supply convoys headed to England. To fight the threat, an audacious plan was created to counter the German submarines using long-range bombers. In this lost history, the role of American B-24 Liberators is told in exacting detail from a narrative written in 1945.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607467502
Publisher:	FastPencil, Inc.
Publication date:	10/02/2012
Series:	Lost Histories of WWII , #3
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

L. Douglas Keeney has a master's degree from the University of Southern California and is a military historian and researcher. He is the cofounder of The Military Channel, on which he hosted the series Gun Camera. He has also appeared on The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, CBS, and Fox in the Morning. The author or coauthor of 12 books on military history, Mr. Keeney is a pilot and scuba diver and has visited many of the sites mentioned in his acclaimed Lost Histories of World War II series. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

Table of Contents

Foreword v

Chapter 1 The Background 1

Chapter 2 The Antisubmarine Controversy 29

Chapter 3 The Battle of the Atlantic 61

Chapter 4 Operations in the Eastern Atlantic 67

Chapter 5 The Moroccan Sea Frontier 83

Chapter 6 Operations in the Western Atlantic 109

Chapter 7 The Caribbean and South Atlantic Areas 115

Chapter 8 The North Atlantic Convoy Route 123

Chapter 9 Antisubmarine Tactics and Attack Narratives 131

Chapter 10 Summary and Results of AAF Antisubmarine Command Operations 153

Chapter 11 Problems of Logistics, Research Coordination, and Training 159

Conclusion 179