Donitz’s Last Gamble - The Inshore U-Boat Campaign 1944-1945.pdf

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The abortive U-boat attack on D-Day shipping in June 1944 showed just how much Allied ASW weaponry and tactics had

mastered Germany’s conventional U-boat forces.

First published in Great Britain in 2008 by

Seaforth Publishing,

Pen & Sword Books Ltd,

47 Church Street,

Barnsley S70 2AS

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ISBN 978 1 84415 714 3

EPUB ISBN: 978 1 78346 949 9

PRC ISBN: 978 1 78346 716 7

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 The Crucible

2 Courage and Dash

3 Commander’s Instinct

4 New Designs

5 Mines and Tactics

6 A New Dawn

7 Der Todeskampf

8 Black Flag

Notes

Glossary and Abbreviations

Comparative Rank Table

Appendix A: U-boats assigned to British waters during the 1944–45 inshore campaign

Appendix B: U-boat types engaged in the British inshore campaign

Appendix C: U-boat Command standing orders for schnorchel use, taken from the surrendered U249

Bibliography