The U-Boat Hunters : The Royal Canadian Navy and the Offensive against Germany's Submarines

Author/Creator:

Milner, Marc, author

Publication/Creation:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

The U-Boat Hunters : The Royal Canadian Navy and the Offensive against Germany's Submarines / Marc Milner

Series Titles:

Heritage

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Canada.Royal Canadian Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Canadian
Naval convoys--Canada--History--20th century

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Cover; ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Prologue; 1 The Fortunes of War; 2 Cinderella: Act II; 3 Triumph without Celebration; 4 The Summer Inshore; 5 A Sea of Troubles; 6 Victory ... of a Sort; Epilogue: Loch Eriboll; APPENDIXES I Escort Building and Modernization, 1941-3; APPENDIXES II U-Boat Kills by the RCN, May 1943-May 1945; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; PICTURE CREDITS

Summary:

The U-Boat Hunters, which completes Milner's analysis of the RCN's battle with Germany's submarines, is a pioneering study of the final years of the Atlantic war and a landmark work in both Canadian and modern naval history.

Language:

English

Language Note:

In English.

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (xx, 326 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

General Note:

"Reprinted in 2018"--Title page verso.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937271596102486

ISBN:

1-4875-7639-0

OCLC Number:

1129209041
1385303808

Other Identifiers:

doi: 10.3138/9781487576394