| ID | Description | Categories | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 442 | MILNER, Marc. The U-Boat Hunters: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Offensive against Germany's Submarines. xx, 327p., bibliog., illus., index. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. ISBN: 0802005888.
A sequel to his earlier work, showing how the RCN grew in strength and quality and became an effective fighting force. |
view | |
| 443 | MORTON, H. V. Atlantic Meeting: An Account of Mr. Churchill's Voyage on HMS Prince of Wales, in August 1941, and the Conference with President Roosevelt which Resulted in the Atlantic Charter. 160p., illus., index. London: Methuen; New York: Dodd Mead, 1943.
The sub-title reveals all. |
view | |
| 444 | OFFLEY, Ed. Turning the Tide: How a Small Band of Allied Sailors Defeated the U-Boats and Won the Battle of the Atlantic. xxviii, 478p., bibliog., illus., index. New York: Basic Books, 2011. ISBN: 9780465013975.
An American journalist gives a good basic account of the battles of spring 1943, full of personal stories. |
view | |
| 445 | PETERSON, John. Darkest Before Dawn: U-482 and the Sinking of the Empire Heritage 1944. 192p. Stroud: History Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780752458830.
Presents the definitive account of the attack on convoy HX-305 in the North Channel in autumn 1944 and unravels the mystery of the fate of U 482. |
view | |
| 446 | POOLMAN, Kenneth. Escort Carrier 1941-1945: An Account of British Escort Carriers in Trade Protection. 160p., illus., index. London: Ian Allan, 1972. ISBN: 711002738. An operational history of the so-called Woolworth carriers in the Atlantic and Arctic. |
view | |
| 447 | POOLMAN, Kenneth. The Sea Hunters: Escort Carriers v. U-Boats, 1941-1945. xii, 195p., illus. London: Arms & Armour, 1982. ISBN: 0853685444.
A very readable account of the winning of the Atlantic Battle. |
view | |
| 448 | ROSKILL, S. W. The Secret Capture. 161p., illus. London: Collins, 1959.
Deals with the capture of submarines, but principally that of U 110, captured intact during attacks on convoy OB318 in May 1941. The story was suppressed throughout the war and is first revealed here. |
view | |
| 449 | SYRETT, David. The Defeat of the German U-Boats: The Battle of the Atlantic. xiv, 344p., bibliog., index. Columbia: University of South Carolina, 1994. ISBN: 0872499847.
A detailed academic account of the period April-December 1943. |
view | |
| 450 | THORNHILL, H. It Happened in October. 87p., illus.[Nova Scotia?: n.p., 1945].
A rare local history. Based on survivors' accounts, this is the story of the ferry Caribou and its sinking off Nova Scotia on 14 October 1942 by U 69. Some 136 passengers died. |
view | |
| 451 | VAETH, J. Gordon. Blimps & U-Boats: US Navy Airships in the Battle of the Atlantic. [xii], 211p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP,1992. ISBN: 1557508763.
A detailed and authoritative account by the air intelligence officer of the Atlantic Fleet Airship Commander. Blimps flew 37,000 operational sorties protecting seaborne trade off the American East Coast. |
view | |
| 452 | VINTRAS, R. E. The Portuguese Connection: The Secret History of the Azores Base. 183p., bibliog., illus. London: Bachman & Turner, 1974. ISBN: 0859740129.
A personal memoir by one of the participants of the circumstances in which the ancient treaties with Portugal were invoked to allow the setting up of airbases in the Azores in 1943. Transcripts of these treaties and of various wartime memoranda are reproduced. The naval expedition to set up the bases is then briefly described. |
view | |
| 453 | WATERS, John M. Bloody Winter. xv, 279p., bibliog., illus., index. Princeton: Van Nostrand, 1968.
The bitterly fought Atlantic battles of the 1942-43 winter described by an officer who served in the US Coastguard. A new edition was published by the Naval Institute Press in 1984 and there have been numerous subsequent editions. |
view | |
| 454 | Y'BLOOD, William T. Hunter-Killer: US Escort Carriers in the Battle of the Atlantic. 288p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP, 1984. ISBN: 0870212869.
Reviews the profound influence of the American support groups, whose "jeep" carriers were credited with over 50 U-boat kills. |
view | |
| 455 | COALE, Griffith Baily. North Atlantic Patrol: The Log of a SeaGoing Artist. xii, 49p., illus. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942.
Coale was an official war artist. This book is at root an account of a voyage in a destroyer escorting convoy HX156. This meant that he was an eyewitness to the sinking of the Reuben James. His return on a merchantman from Iceland is also described and the whole is accompanied by his pictures of these events. |
view | |
| 456 | EDWARDS, Bernard. Attack and Sink! The Battle for Convoy SC42. 199p., bibliog., illus., index. Wimborne Minster: New Guild, 1995; New York: Brick Lane, 2002. ISBN: 1899694404.
A brutal seven day battle in 1941 between newly trained RCN escorts and 21 U-boats in which some 18 merchantmen were sunk. |
view | |
| 457 | EDWARDS, Bernard. The Cruel Sea Retold: The Truth Behind Monsarrat’s Epic Convoy Drama. 214p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2009. ISBN: 1844158632. A factual account of the convoy(s) that Monsarrat used for his novel in three parts, each describing one convoy. Part One. Convoy OG 71, with 22 merchantmen and eight escorts sailed from Liverpool for Gibraltar on 14 August 1941. Ten ships were lost without a single U-boat being sunk and the convoy had to seek refuge in Lisbon. Part Two. Convoy HG 73 sailed from Gibraltar for Liverpool on 17 September 1941 with 25 merchantmen and 13 escorts. Of these 10 were sunk and only one U-Boat was damaged. Part Three sees the tables turned during the December 1941 HG 76 convoy from Gibraltar. It comprised 31 merchantmen with an escort of 15 warships, commanded by Captain Walker. During a six day running battle five U-boats were sunk for the loss of seven British ships. Also includes an appendix of the personal recollections of one of the officers on HG 73. |
view | |
| 458 | GIBSON, Charles Dana. The Ordeal of Convoy NY119: A Detailed Accounting of One of the Strangest World War II Convoys Ever to Cross the North Atlantic. xxviii, 178p., illus., index. New York: South Street Seaport Museum, 1973.
This 1944 convoy consisted of small US tugs, barges, and harbour craft and it suffered badly at the hands of the weather. Reprinted by Ensign of Camden, Maine in 1993. |
view | |
| 459 | GRETTON, Peter. Crisis Convoy: The Story of HX231. [10], 182p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Davies, 1974. ISBN: 0432063404.
The story of a bloody convoy battle told by the escort commander with the benefit of records made available after the war. |
view | |
| 460 | HASKELL, W. A. Shadows on the Horizon: The Battle of Convoy HX233. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatham; Annapolis: NIP, 1998. ISBN: 1557508879.
Looks at the career of U 175 then at the battle around the convoy in which the U-boat was sunk. The author took part in the battle. |
view | |
| 461 | LUND, Paul, & LUDLAM, Harry. Nightmare Convoy. 128p., illus. London: Foulsham, 1987. ISBN: 057201452X.
In August 1941 convoy OG71 suffered dreadfully on the Gibraltar run. Contains much personal detail from survivors of the convoy which was the basis of a central incident in Monsarrat's famous novel The Cruel Sea. |
view |