The U-Boat Wars

The remarkably effective submarines (U-boats) of the German Navy devastated the Allies during the first part of World War II and very nearly brought British and American sea forces to their knees. Military historian Hoyt here describes the years when U-boat "wolf packs" under the command of Admiral Karl Doenitz terrorized the Allies, sinking a third of Britain's battleships in 1939, and how the Allies came back, developing anti-submarine weapons that sent almost three-fourths of the U-boat crews to the bottom of the ocean. The U-Boat Wars is a gripping account of the battles at sea and the men―Doenitz, Churchill, sub-hunter Captain F. J. Walker, and others―who decided the fate of the Atlantic. Synopsis Map 1 Map 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 1 - Beginnings Chapter 2 - The First Gray Wolf Chapter 3 - Scapa Flow Chapter 4- Wild Night Chapter 5 - Doenitz Unleashed Chapter 6 - Sparring Chappter 7 - Convoys Chapter 8 - The Leisurely War Chapter 9 - The Biggest Bag Chapter 10 - Norway Chapter 11 - The Wolf Packs Chapter 12 - The Convoy Trade Chapter 13 - Stirrings Chapter 14 - Rays of Hope Chapter 15 - Admiral Doenitz Moves West Chapter 16 - Doenitz Puts on the Pressure Chapter 17 - Enter America Chapter 18 - U-Boats in the Mediterranean Chapter 19 - Doenitz's War Against America Chapter 20 - The Tide Slacks Chapter 21 - Recasting the Defenses Chapter 22 - Ebb the Tide Chapter 23 - North Atlantic Offensive Chapter 24 - The Long, Long Trail of Loses Chapter 25 - Victory Over the Escorts Chapter 26 - The Jaws of Victory Chapter 27 - The Big Switch Chapter 28 - The Aggresive Convoys Chapter 29 - Doenitz Contracts Chapter 30 - Until the Bitter End Chapter 31 - The Last U-Boat Afterword Picture Gallery