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Coastal Command's Air War Against the German U-Boats
Norman Franks
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Description for Coastal Command's Air War Against the German U-Boats
Paperback. Over 150 images illustrating the exploits of RAF Coastal Command during the Second World War as they battled it out against the German U-Boats. Num Pages: 152 pages, 170 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWF; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 434.
This book summarises the story of how RAF Coastal Command overcame the German U-boat danger during the Second World War and how the escalation of the U-boat war promoted the development of anti-submarine warfare, leading to victory over this menace in the Atlantic. At the start of the war, RAF Coastal Command had virtually no real chance of either finding or sinking Germany's submarines, but within a short period of time, new methods of detecting and delivering deadly ordnance with which to sink this underwater threat were dreamt up and implemented. It took the men of Coastal Command long ... Read more
This book summarises the story of how RAF Coastal Command overcame the German U-boat danger during the Second World War and how the escalation of the U-boat war promoted the development of anti-submarine warfare, leading to victory over this menace in the Atlantic. At the start of the war, RAF Coastal Command had virtually no real chance of either finding or sinking Germany's submarines, but within a short period of time, new methods of detecting and delivering deadly ordnance with which to sink this underwater threat were dreamt up and implemented. It took the men of Coastal Command long ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Aviation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
434g
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783831838
SKU
V9781783831838
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-4
About Norman Franks
Norman Franks is a respected historian and author. Previous titles for Pen and Sword include, In the Footsteps of the Red Baron (1990) The Fighting Cocks (2010) and Images of War: RAF Fighter Pilots Over Burma (2014). He lives in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.
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