Submarines at war : a history of undersea warfare from the American Revolution to the Cold War

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    • Gunton, Michael

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Submarines at war : a history of undersea warfare from the American Revolution to the Cold War

Michael Gunton

Carroll & Graf, 2003

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Bibliography: p. 243

Contents of Works

  • The development of the submarine
  • The First World War
  • World War Two
  • The final sacrifice
  • The undaunted - the Allies
  • The undaunted - the Axis powers
  • War in the Pacific
  • France, Russia, Italy and Japan
  • Dangerous missions
  • The unexpected
  • Submarine v. submarine, aircraft v. submarine
  • Escape
  • X-craft, midget subs and human torpedoes
  • The nuclear age

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Submarine warfare not only took its combatants in World Wars I and II into the oceans' terrifying deeps, but also subjected them to crowded, unhygienic, frequently dispiriting, and incredibly hazardous conditions. Yet fear and despair among submariners were regularly countered by courage and camaraderie, and the dangers these men faced daily were no less real than the triumph they felt in victory, or simple survival. For up to two months at a stretch a submarine might be home to its officers and crew, a home which might also become a tomb. Among the combating nations in World War II, submarine warfare claimed the lives of 40,000 men. Bringing the gripping and often horrifying World War experiences of submariners to the page, this history offers more than well-researched facts and concretely detailed events. It conjures up the emotions of the servicemen and the sensations of combat, drawing extensively upon written firsthand accounts and dozens of interviews with veterans of submarine warfare. With a focus on the experiences of the officers and menmost of them in their early twentiesSubmarines at War chronicles the triumphs of Allied submarines, the plights of the German U-boats, and lesser-known maneuvers of the Russians, Italians, and French.

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