Overview

Submarine is almost certainly the first book to bring together eye-witness accounts from almost every navy that deployed submarines in WW2, and it is far more than an account of WW2 missions. With self-deprecating modesty, humour, pride, sadness and sometimes bitterness, submariners from Britain, Germany, the USA, Italy, France, the former USSR and Yugoslavia, Norway, Greece, Poland, the Netherlands and Japan describe every facet of operational submarine life, from firing torpedoes, the illicit distillation of alcohol, going to the toilet in heavy weather, rescuing a cat and how to treat appendicitis, to the terrifying experiences of being depth-charged, disposing of a bomb, escaping a doomed boat and planting charged beneath an enemy warship. Anyone who believes that the only task of a submarine was to torpedo enemy vessels will have to think again. Submariners tell of daring missions to land agents on Occupied coasts, run cargo, defend a convoy, gather intelligence, supply other submarines, lay mines and even transport troops. They operated in almost every sea from the Arctic and the Pacific to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. Special operations, including those of the human torpedoes and midget submarines are fully represented, and all accounts are placed in historical and strategic context by concise chapter introductions. Footnotes and glossaries explain abbreviations, technical jargon, naval slang and regional slang. The Foreword has been written by a submariner from the present era: the Royal Navya??s Rear Admiral D J Cooke MBE, Rear Admiral Submarines, Commander (Operations), COMSUBNORTH.

Full Product Details

9781844860463

Table of Contents

Reviews

'scores of gripping yarns of terror - and humour - from some of the most daring men of World War II'. News of the World

Author Information

Jean Hood was Information Officer at Lloyd's Registry of Shipping in London for several years, answering enquiries from the international community on modern and historical ships. It was there that she came across the East Indiaman Winterton, whose final disastrous voyage she related in her first book, Marked for Misfortune (2003). Her other published titles with Conway include Trafalgar Square (2005) and Come Hell or High Water (2006). Rear Admiral D J Cooke MBE, is a submariner from the present era of the Royal Navy���s Rear Admiral Submarines, Commander (Operations), COMSUBNORTH.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available