With vivid firsthand accounts, this WWII history examines the RAF Coastal Command's operations at sea against U-boats and the German Navy.
In Deep Sea Hunters, historian Martin Bowman delves into the Royal Air Force Coastal Command's dynamic role in countering German naval power during the Second World War. Beginning with the disastrous Norwegian Campaign, he covers the numerous attacks on the bustling German submarine base at Lorient, the attack on Brest, as well as many other pivotal and dramatic events of the conflict at sea.
The hunt or U-boats is relayed in full and gripping detail, with first-hand accounts from U-boat attackers—as well as German submariners—punctuating Bowman's dramatic prose. This two-sided history is sure to appeal to all enthusiasts interested in gaining a balanced insight into Second World War naval history.
