Battle of the Atlantic:
U-Boat Operations
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Table of Contents
Chapter Page Part A
U-Boat Offensive Against Convoys
December 1942-May 1943I The Opening of the Convoy Battle 3 II Transition: January-February 1943 13 III Crisis of the North Atlantic Offices, March 1943 27 IV Defeat in the North Atlantic 47 Part B
U-Boat Defensive and U.S. Anti-submarine Activities
May 1943-May 1944V The Shift to the Middle and South Atlantic 71 VI Growth, Significance and Decline of the U-Boat Refueling Fleet 81 VII U.S. Anti-Submarine CVE Task Groups and the Critical Refueling Rendezvous' of June, July and August 97 VIII Independent Patrols in Distant Areas, Summer 1943 117 Part C
Resumption of Offensive Against Major Convoys
September 1943-March 1944IX U-Boats' Defeat Made Emphatic 125 X Last Challenge of the Pre-schnorchel U-Boats 131 Part D
From the Invasion of France to the End of the WarXI The U-Boats and the Allied Invasion of France 141 XII New Challenge 159 Part E
Blockade Runners: Surface and Submarines
German Naval Operations in the Far East and Indian OceanXIII Surface Blockade Runners, Winter of 1942-43 and 1943-44 181 XIV U-Boat Operations in the Indian Ocean and the Far East 213