British Submarines at War; 1939-1945
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1971. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 256 pages. Bookplate on fep with ink notation. Ink notations, underlining, and yellow highlighting noted. DJ worn, torn, chipped and soiled. Includes Illustrations, Maps, Acknowledgments; Dedication, Foreword by Vice-Admiral J.C.Y. Roxburgh; Author's Introduction; Chapter 1--Before the Second World War; Chapter 2--Home Waters before the invasion of Norway; Chapter 3-- The Influence of British Submarine Power in the Far East; Chapter 4--British Submarine Operations in the Far East September 39-June 1940; Chapter 5--The Norwegian Campaign; Chapter 6--Mediterranean Operations, June 1940-May 1941; Chapter 7; The Scene at Home, July 104--February 1942; Chapter 8--The Ascendancy of Malta- Based Submarines, July 1941 - March 1942; Chapter 9--The Fight for Malta, March-August 1942; Chapter 10--'The Army Game' in the Mediterranean, September 1942-August 1943; Chapter 11--Operations in Home Waters March 1942-August 1943; Chapter 12--Home and Mediterranean Operations, August 1943 - May 1945; Chapter 13--Far East: December 1940-August 1945; Brief Summary, Epilogue, Appendix I, Appendix II, Bibliography. Index. In this book Alastair Mars summarizes British submarine operations in WW2. All significant actions get a mention. The book provides an interesting overview of the British submarine force during the war. Mars was himself a participant in some of those actions and he has added his own opinions to the text in several places. More