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Total Undersea War: The Evolutionary Role of the Snorkel in Donitz's U-Boat Fleet, 1944-1945

Total Undersea War: The Evolutionary Role of the Snorkel in Donitz's U-Boat Fleet, 1944-1945

Hamilton, Aaron S., Usar

Hardcover

BoatingNaval HistoryWorld War II

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ISBN10: 1526778807
ISBN13: 9781526778802
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: Jul 15 2020
Pages: 400
Weight: 2.25
Height: 1.26 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
During the last year of World War II the once surface-bound diesel-electric U-boat ushered in the age of 'total undersea war' with the introduction of an air mast, or 'snorkel' as it became known among the men who served in Dönitz's submarine fleet. U-boats no longer needed to surface to charge batteries or refresh air; they rarely communicated with their command, operating silently and alone among the shallow coastal waters of the United Kingdom and across to North America.

This exhaustive study, the first of its kind, draws upon wartime documents from archives around the world to re-evaluate the last year of the U-boat's deployment, all its key technological innovations, the evolving operations and tactics, and Allied countermeasures.

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