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British Submarines Combats In The Second World War

Author : André Geraque Kiffer
Publisher : Clube de Autores
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book British Submarines Combats In The Second World War written by André Geraque Kiffer and published by Clube de Autores. This book was released on 2024-09-23 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a result of the earlier changes, the Royal Navy entered the Second World War as a disparate force of veterans of the First World War, interwar vessels limited by strict adherence to treaty restrictions, and later unrestricted designs. Although smaller and relatively older than during the First World War, it remained the leading naval power until 1944–45, when it was overtaken by the United States Navy. In this book I will focus more on the tactical and technical decision-making levels, basing the tasks on examples taken from situations experienced by British submarine crews in the Second World War. However, I will insert their missions into a broader framework of submarine warfare involving the strategic, operational, strategic and political decision-making levels, in order to meet the greatest threat that Great Britain had to face during the conflict, which was that of a German amphibious invasion, the objective of Unternehmen Seelöwe (Operation Sea Lion). And in the development of this simulation I will use the U-Boot board game from Galápagos Jogos.

British Submarines in Two World Wars

Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526738171
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book British Submarines in Two World Wars written by Norman Friedman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-03-30 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “indispensable” guide to the Royal Navy’s submarines through 1945, with numerous photos and original plans (The Naval Review). The Royal Navy didn’t invent the submarine—but in 1914, Britain had the largest submarine fleet in the world, and at the end of World War I it had some of the largest and most unusual of all submarines—whose origins and designs are all detailed in this book. During the First World War they virtually closed the Baltic to German iron ore traffic, and blocked supplies to the Turkish army at Gallipoli. They were a major element in the North Sea battles, and fought the U-boat menace. During World War II, US submarines were known for strangling Japan, but lesser known is the parallel battle by British submarines in the Mediterranean to strangle the German army in North Africa. Like their US counterparts, interwar British submarines were designed largely with the demands of a possible Pacific War, though that was not the war they fought. The author also shows how the demands of such a war, fought over vast distances, collided with interwar British Government attempts to limit costs. It says much about the ingenuity of British submarine designers that they met their requirements despite enormous pressure. The author shows how evolving strategic and tactical requirements and evolving technology produced successive types of design. British submariners contributed much to the development of anti-submarine tactics and technology, beginning with largely unknown efforts before World War I. Between the wars, they exploited the new technology of sonar (Asdic), and as a result pioneered submarine silencing, with important advantages to the US Navy as it observed the British. They also pioneered the vital postwar use of submarines as anti-submarine weapons, sinking a U-boat while both were submerged. Heavily illustrated with photos and original plans and incorporating much original analysis, this book is ideal for naval historians and enthusiasts. “Sure to become the standard reference for British submarine development for years to come” —Warship

British Submarines in the Cold War Era

Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1526771233
Total Pages : 1201 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book British Submarines in the Cold War Era written by Norman Friedman and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 1201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive technical history on the subject, with photos: “A must-read for all professionals, designers and scholars of modern submarines.” —Australian Naval Institute The Royal Navy’s greatest contribution to the Allied success in World War II was undoubtedly the defeat of the U-boat menace in the North Atlantic, a victory on which all other European campaigns depended. The underwater threat was the most serious naval challenge of the war, so it was not surprising that captured German submarine technology became the focus of attention for the British submarine service after 1945. It was quick to test and adopt the schnorkel, streamlining, homing torpedoes, and, less successfully, hydrogen-peroxide propulsion. Furthermore, in the course of the long Atlantic battle, the Royal Navy had become the world’s most effective anti-submarine force and was able to utilize this expertise to improve the efficiency of its own submarines. However, in 1945 German submarine technology had also fallen into the hands of the Soviet Union—and as the Cold War developed it became clear that a growing Russian submarine fleet would pose a new threat. Britain had to go to the US for its first nuclear propulsion technology, but the Royal Navy introduced the silencing technique that made British and US nuclear submarines viable anti-submarine assets, and it pioneered in the use of passive—silent—sonars in that role. Nuclear power also changed the role of some British submarines, which replaced bombers as the core element of British Cold War and post-Cold War nuclear deterrence. As in other books in this series, this one shows how a combination of evolving strategic and tactical requirements and new technology produced successive types of submarines. It is based largely on unpublished and previously classified official documentation, and to the extent allowed by security restrictions, also tells the operational story—HMS Conqueror is still the only nuclear submarine to have sunk a warship in combat, but there are many lesser-known aspects of British submarine operations in the postwar era.

Sea Wolves

Author : Tim Clayton
Publisher : Abacus
ISBN 13 : 9780349122892
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book Sea Wolves written by Tim Clayton and published by Abacus. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sea Wolves is the story of the crews who bravely manned British submarines in the Second World War. This small band of highly trained and highly skilled individuals fought in the front line for six long years, undertaking some of the most dangerous missions of the war. Britain's Sea Wolves operated close to shore in mined waters, attacking German warships and heavily guarded convoys. But in the course of these vital operations, the submariners suffered devastating casualties. This is the vivid, thrilling story of the survivors and their promising young comrades who fought with such courage, in the face of the sickening terror. 'Clayton's pages are peopled with eccentrics . . . Full of the picturesque detail of cramped submarine life . . . the monotonously throbbing engines; the sudden panic dives; the smells of oil, unwashed bodies and rotting food; the stifling lack of space . . . Sea Wolves is a fine memorial to these men' Nigel Jones, Literary Review

One of Our Submarines

Author : Edward Young
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1844151069
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book One of Our Submarines written by Edward Young and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2004-09-30 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the very highest rank of books about the last war. Submarines are thrilling beasts, and Edward Young tells of four years' adventures in them in a good stout book with excitement on every page. He writes beautifully, economically and with humour, and in the actions he commands he manages to put the reader at the voice-pipe and the periscope so that sometimes the tension is so great that one has to put the book down'. The Sunday Times.

North-american Submarines Combats In The Second World War

Author : André Geraque Kiffer
Publisher : Clube de Autores
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book North-american Submarines Combats In The Second World War written by André Geraque Kiffer and published by Clube de Autores. This book was released on 2024-09-23 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within hours of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt promulgated a new doctrine: unrestricted submarine warfare against Japan. This meant sinking any warship, merchant ship, or passenger ship in Axis-controlled waters without warning. However, it was not until 1944 that the U.S. Navy began to use its 150 submarines to maximum effect: installing effective onboard radars, replacing commanders who were considered unaggressive, and correcting flaws in torpedoes. In this book I will focus more on the tactical and technical decision-making levels, basing the tasks on examples taken from situations experienced by U.S. submarine crews in World War II. However, I will place their missions within a broader framework of submarine warfare that included the strategic, operational, strategic, and political decision-making levels in order to meet the supposed greatest challenge that the U.S. and the Allies would face during the conflict, which was an amphibious invasion of the Japanese Home Islands. And in the development of this simulation I will use the U-Boot board game from Galápagos Jogos.

Submarines of World War Two

Author : Erminio Bagnasco
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781682473849
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Submarines of World War Two written by Erminio Bagnasco and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Submarines played a major role in the war at sea in the years 1939-45, and this major reference book describes all the classes of vessel that were deployed by the eighteen combatant nations during those years. They were responsible for the sinking of 33 million tons of merchant shipping, with the German and U.S. navies achieving the greatest advantage with this devastating strategic weapon. This new edition of a classic work has been completely redesigned and overhauled to make the most of the author's superb collection of photographs and will appeal to a wide new audience for whom this important work has been unavailable for many years.

British Submarines Combats In The Second World War

Author : André Geraque Kiffer
Publisher : Clube de Autores
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book British Submarines Combats In The Second World War written by André Geraque Kiffer and published by Clube de Autores. This book was released on 2024-09-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a result of the earlier changes, the Royal Navy entered the Second World War as a disparate force of veterans of the First World War, interwar vessels limited by strict adherence to treaty restrictions, and later unrestricted designs. Although smaller and relatively older than during the First World War, it remained the leading naval power until 1944–45, when it was overtaken by the United States Navy. In this book I will focus more on the tactical and technical decision-making levels, basing the tasks on examples taken from situations experienced by British submarine crews in the Second World War. However, I will insert their missions into a broader framework of submarine warfare involving the strategic, operational, strategic and political decision-making levels, in order to meet the greatest threat that Great Britain had to face during the conflict, which was that of a German amphibious invasion, the objective of Unternehmen Seelöwe (Operation Sea Lion). And in the development of this simulation I will use the U-Boot board game from Galápagos Jogos.

A History of the Royal Navy: World War II

Author : Duncan Redford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857723456
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Royal Navy: World War II written by Duncan Redford and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Navy's operations in World War II started on 3 September 1939 and continued until the surrender of Japan in August 1945 - there was no 'phoney war' at sea. The navy played a central role in the evacuation of the retreating British army at Dunkirk, and later orchestrated the sinking of Germany's mighty battleship and Hitler's pride, the Bismarck. Without the Royal Navy's attention to the defence of Britain's seaborne trade - especially in the struggle against German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic - there would not have been food for the country, fuel for the RAF's operations or supplies to keep the army fighting in Europe, North Africa and the Far East. Yet the outstanding naval contribution to Britain's survival and eventual victory came at a heavy cost in terms of ships and to the men who had to face not just the violence of the enemy, but also the violence of the sea. This book argues that World War II was, effectively, a maritime war; it was the Royal Navy's war.

Atlantic Escorts

Author : David Brown
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1844157024
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Atlantic Escorts written by David Brown and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winston Churchill famously claimed that the submarine war in the Atlantic was the only campaign of the Second World War that really frightened him. If the lifeline to north America had been cut, Britain would never have survived; there could have been no build-up of US and Commonwealth forces, no D-Day landings, and no victory in western Europe. Furthermore, the battle raged from the first day of the war until the final German surrender, making it the longest and arguably hardest-fought campaign of the whole war. The ships, technology and tactics employed by the Allies form the subject of this book. Beginning with the lessons apparently learned from the First World War, the author outlines inter-war developments in technology and training, and describes the later preparations for the second global conflict. When the war came the balance of advantage was to see-saw between U-boats and escorts, with new weapons and sensors introduced at a rapid rate. For the defending navies, the prime requirement was numbers, and the most pressing problem was to improve capability without sacrificing simplicity and speed of construction. The author analyses the resulting designs of sloops, frigates, corvettes and destroyer escorts and attempts to determine their relative effectiveness.

Italian Submarines Combats In The Second World War

Author : André Geraque Kiffer
Publisher : Clube de Autores
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Italian Submarines Combats In The Second World War written by André Geraque Kiffer and published by Clube de Autores. This book was released on 2024-09-23 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second World War in the Mediterranean Sea was mostly fought between the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina), supported by other Axis naval and air forces, those of Nazi Germany and Vichy France, and the British Royal Navy, supported by other allied naval forces, such as those of Australia, the Netherlands, Poland and Greece. Each side had three overall objectives in this campaign: the first was to attack the supply lines of the other side; the second was to keep open the supply lines to their own armies in North Africa; and the third was to destroy the ability of the opposing navy to wage war at sea. In this book I will dedicate myself more to the tactical and technical decision-making levels, simulating the execution of patrols that will be considered victorious if they escape the anti-submarine war and carry out the assigned missions. As for the missions, I will base myself on examples taken from situations experienced by Italian submarine crews during the Second World War. And in developing this simulation I will use the U-Boot board game from Galápagos Games.

British Submarine vs Italian Torpedo Boat

Author : David Greentree
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472814142
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book British Submarine vs Italian Torpedo Boat written by David Greentree and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the war in North Africa escalated, Axis war efforts became increasingly dependent on supply lines across the Mediterranean. To try to cut off these lines of supply the British deployed submarines from the besieged island of Malta with the directive to sink as much merchant convoy tonnage as possible. Italy responded by sending her Torpedo boats to protect and escort Axis convoys. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork and carefully chosen archive photographs, this engaging study assesses the evolving battle between Britain's submarines and Italy's torpedo boats in the struggle for primacy in the Mediterranean at the height of World War II.

Blackett's War

Author : Stephen Budiansky
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307743632
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Blackett's War written by Stephen Budiansky and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Washington Post Notable Book In March 1941, after a year of devastating U-boat attacks, the British War Cabinet turned to an intensely private, bohemian physicist named Patrick Blackett to turn the tide of the naval campaign. Though he is little remembered today, Blackett did as much as anyone to defeat Nazi Germany, by revolutionizing the Allied anti-submarine effort through the disciplined, systematic implementation of simple mathematics and probability theory. This is the story of how British and American civilian intellectuals helped change the nature of twentieth-century warfare, by convincing disbelieving military brass to trust the new field of operational research.

The Good Shepherd

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Good Shepherd written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Decision in the Atlantic

Author : Marcus Faulkner
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 1949668037
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book Decision in the Atlantic written by Marcus Faulkner and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2019-05-17 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest campaign of the Second World War. This volume highlights the scale and complexity of this bitterly contested campaign, one that encompassed far more than just attacks by German U-boats on Allied shipping. The team of leading scholars assembled in this study situates the German assault on seaborne trade within the wider Allied war effort and provides a new understanding of its place within the Second World War. Individual chapters offer original perspectives on a range of neglected or previously overlooked subjects: how Allied grand strategy shaped the war at sea; the choices facing Churchill and other Allied leaders and the tensions over the allocation of scarce resources between theaters; how the battle spread beyond the Atlantic Ocean in both military and economic terms; the management of Britain's merchant shipping repair yards; the defense of British coastal waters against German surface raiders; the contribution of air power to trade defense; antisubmarine escort training; the role of special intelligence; and the war against the U-boats in the Arctic and Pacific Oceans.

U-Boats at War in 100 Objects, 1939–1945

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 1526759055
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book U-Boats at War in 100 Objects, 1939–1945 written by Gordon Williamson and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2019-10-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril,’ wrote Winston Churchill in his history of the Second World War. ‘I was even more anxious about this battle than I had been about the glorious air fight called the Battle of Britain.” In reality, the Kriegsmarine had been woefully unprepared for the war into which it was thrown. The Command-in-Chief of submarines, Karl Dönitz, himself a verteran U-boat captain from the First World War, felt that he could bring Britain to its knees with a fleet of 300 U-Boats. But when war broke out, he had just twenty-four available for operational use. Despite this, the U-Boat arm scored some incredible successes in the early part of the war, raising the status of the submarine commanders and crews to that of national heroes in the eyes of the German people. The ‘Grey Wolves’ had become super-stars. Small wonder then that the U-Boat war has fascinated students of military history ever since. This book, using a carefully selected range of both wartime images and colour images of surviving U-boat memorabilia from private collections, describes 100 iconic elements of the U-Boat service and its campaigns. The array of objects include important individuals and the major U-Boat types, through to the uniforms and insignias the men wore. The weapons, equipment and technology used are explored, as are the conditions in which the U-boat crews served, from cooking facilities and general hygiene down to the crude toilet facilities. Importantly, the enemy that they faced is also covered, examining the ship-borne and airborne anti-submarine weaponry utilised against the U-boats. The U-Boats began the war, though small in number, more than a match for the Allies and created carnage amongst merchant shipping as well as sinking several major warships. The pace of technological development, however, failed to match that of Allied anti-submarine warfare weaponry and the U-Bootwaffe was ultimately doomed to defeat but not before, at one point, coming close to bringing Britain to its knees.

The Naval War of 1812; Or, the History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain, to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans; Volume 1

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Author : Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher : Franklin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780342577903
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (779 download)

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Download or read book The Naval War of 1812; Or, the History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain, to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans; Volume 1 written by Theodore Roosevelt and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-12 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.