Format:
159 pages
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9781612006550
,
1612006558
Content:
Training and crew roles -- Maintenance, drills and routines -- Operational technologies and procedures -- Offensive actions - torpedo and gunnery attacks -- Defensive actions.
Content:
Submarine commanders in WWII dealt with both enormous risk and responsibility; charged with sinking enemy shipping whilst avoiding detection, they had to correctly locate and identify enemy craft, getting close enough to strike whilst attempting to safeguard the lives of their crew. It was a deadly game; the Germans lost over 600 U-boats during the war, and one in five submariners in the US Navy were killed, the highest proportion of any of the services. This volume gives a fascinating insight into life beneath the waves, and what was required to operate a submarine, from diving and surfacing to attack strategies and evading detection
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781612006567
Language:
English
Keywords:
Zweiter Weltkrieg
;
Unterseebootkrieg
;
Leitfaden
;
Historische Darstellung
Author information:
McNab, Chris 1970-
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