Author: [Dorling, Capt. H. Taprell (Taffrail)],
Title: THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.
Description: HMSO, London, 1946, 1st edn., paperback original, 104pp incl. 8 double page maps, stapled pictorial wrappers, 8.5 x 5.5" approx., the official account of the fight against the U-boats 1939-45, relating the battle in eight chronological 'phases' and covering the development of the battle, design and building of new escort vessels, weapons and counter-measures, tactical training and use of escort groups, escort carriers to 'close the gap', etc., with details of numerous aerial and naval attacks involving named vessels and u-boats, edges tannes, staples lightly rusted, very good plus,

Keywords: war ww2 navy battle atlantic hmso destroyer escort group carrier western approaches max horton convoy submarine u-boat history hedgehog


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