Shadow Over the Atlantic: The Luftwaffe and the U-Boats: 1943-45

by Robert Forsyth

Book Overview

German U-boats were the scourge of Allied merchant and military shipping in the Atlantic during World War II, threatening to isolate and then starve the UK out of the war. As Germany's war against the Allied convoys intensified in late 1943, German Admiral Karl D nitz called upon the Luftwaffe to provide a long-range spotting and shadowing unit to act as 'eyes' for his U-boats. Equipped with big, four-engined Junkers Ju 290s fitted out with advanced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472820452
• ISBN13: 9781472820457
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.8" x 10.5"