His Majesty’s Submarines prepared for The Admiralty by the Ministry of Information. First published in 1945 by the Ministry of Information for the HMSO. This facsimile edition published by R. J. Leach & Co 1991. British Crown Copyright 1991. ISBN 1 873050 062
64 page paperback book with 24 black and white photographs. Content headings:
- The submarine and her company
- New tactics and new weapons
- September 1939 – the first patrols
- The submarines go to Norway
- The Channel and the Bay
- War in the Mediterranean
- The happy few
- Adventures in the Adriatic
- Attacks on the Italian Fleet
- The vigil in the Arctic
- Prelude to the North Africa landings
- Victory in the Mediterranean
- Crippling the Tirpitz
- New tasks for submarines
An interesting, if brief, history of British submarines in World War II originally written before the end of the war. It feels a little biased with the passage of time, nevertheless a useful addition to any library of books chronicling the British Navy.
Condition as new.
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