The Battle of the Atlantic

With accounts of the Battle of the Atlantic being written by such notable authors as Donald Macintyre who, as a serving Royal Navy Officer earned no fewer than three DSOs during that battle, being favoured by many historians, this particular account may have been overlooked by those with an interest in such historical events. This book, however, tackles the subject from a completely different perspective and, instead of competing with those other works, stands to complement them instead. Just a glance at the Contents page will show the reader how these authors have tackled the subject in the most complete fashion - from beginning to end. A further glance at the 2 pages of bibliography and other sources consulted will also leave the reader in no doubt as to the thoroughness of the work produced here. That research includes material from Britain, USA and Germany. In many ways this book is the complete account of the Battle of the Atlantic instead of, perhaps, being the personal accounts of those who were there. From beginning to end the book is well illustrated with historic photographs (I particularly liked the one of the image of Hitler being removed from Madam Tussaud's waxworks), cartoons, maps and diagrams. Altogether an excellent account. NM