The Battle of the Atlantic : how the allies won the war / Jonathan Dimbleby.

Jonathan Dimbleby's The Battle of the Atlantic offers a detailed and immersive account of this campaign, placing it within the context of the war as a whole. Dimbleby delves into the politics on both sides of the Atlantic, revealing the role of Bletchley Park and the complex and dynamic relationship...

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Main Author: Dimbleby, Jonathan (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
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Physical Description:xxx, 530 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a The phony war that wasn't -- Caught hopping -- Rash moves -- The end of the beginning -- U-boats on the rampage -- Churchill declares "the Battle of the Atlantic" -- Moving the goalposts again -- America goes for it -- Secret weapons -- Fingers in the dyke -- Shifting fortunes -- Beating the drum -- Overstretched everywhere -- Disaster in the Arctic -- Goading the bear -- Dönitz seizes his chance -- Changes at the top -- "The Battle of the Air" -- A very narrow escape -- A dramatic turnabout -- The reckoning -- The beginning of the end -- Epilogue: fates disentwined. 
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