DUNMORE, SPENCER
In Great Waters the Epic Story of the Battle of the Atlantic, 1939
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771029292. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, gift insciption on FFEP, black marker line through ISBN barcode on back cover. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.4 inches; 342 pages; "The author traces the complete history of the Battle of the Atlantic, giving equal time to all aspects of the conflict: in the air, on the water, and below its surface. He follows the action from the earliest days, when surface raiders – such as the infamous Bismarck – were seen by the Allies as the greatest danger at sea, through the heyday of Germany’s U-boats and the catastrophic damage the dreaded Wolfpacks wrought on the heavily laden convoys steaming their way to Britain. His is also one of the few books to acknowledge the pivotal role of the air-force in determining the final outcome fo the battle.Dunmore tells the story from the perspective of both sides, and includes the first-hand accounts of individual participants, both Allied and German. For all involved – whether on board merchant ships or their escort vessels, whether in submarines prowling below or aircraft patrolling above – life was a combination of awful anticipation of attack and nerve-shattering tension when it came.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
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Keywords: 0771029292 WWII Germans bismarck U-BOATs Allies Militaria