Black May

by Gannon, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780440235644
• ISBN10: 0440235642
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Dell

Summary

In one extraordinary month, using new tactics, new weapons, and the coordinated forces of a new generation of submarine hunters, the Allies destroyed 41 U-boats and damaged 37 others in the North Atlantic--sending the Nazi U-boat wolf pack running. Here, distinguished naval historian Michael Gannon captures this epic battle and those who shaped it, from the men who made key command decisions to the sailors trapped inside the steel-hulled U-boats as they were pounded by Allied depth charges. Drawing on never-before-released transcripts of secretly recorded conversations of U-boat POWs, this is the epic story of two powerful enemies going head-to-head in a desperate naval battle, and why one side emerged the victor and the other the vanquished. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Prologue	p. xix
Omens: Mayday	p. 1
The War at Sea: Detection and Attack	p. 49
First Charge: To Defend or to Hunt?	p. 84
To Defend: The Battle for ONS.5	p. 124
Collision of Forces: The Battle for ONS.5	p. 160
The Fog of War: The Battle for ONS.5	p. 189
Beyond All Praise: The Battle for ONS.5	p. 221
To Hunt: The Bay in May	p. 259
Inside the U-Boat Mind: The Latimer House Discs	p. 303
In Peril on the Sea: Tenebrae	p. 354
Epilogue	p. 410
Notes	p. 425
Select Bibliography	p. 508
Glossary	p. 515
Index	p. 525
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