U-Boat Command and the Battle of the Atlantic

The author had the advantage of being one of a few who had permission from Grand Admiral Karl Donitz to study his war diary. Focusing on the state of knowledge in the U-boat Command at the time and the tactical and strategic decisions taken as the war developed. Looking at the U-boat campaign through the eyes of the German High Command. Accounts taken from before 1946 a fascinating insight into the operational command of the world's biggest submarine arm.