Steel and Ice: The U-Boat Battle in the Arctic and Black Sea, 1941-1945 - Hardcover

Paterson, Lawrence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159114258X ISBN 13: 9781591142584

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2016

Synopsis

As the land war raged along the Eastern Front between 1941 and 1945, an equally fierce and unrelenting war ensued on the seas. From German Wolf Pack attacks on Russian convoy traffic and military vessels to close-quarter combat undertaken by small U-boats transported by land and river to the Black Sea, the Kriegsmarine wrestled for control of the seas fringing an embattled Soviet Union. Combined with the fortitude of U-boat crews who fought in some of the harshest weather conditions found at sea, ingenuity on behalf of German military engineers also facilitated the transfer of U-boats from Germany to Romania. From there, the Kriegsmarine engaged Soviet military might and pioneered the use of submarine-based rocket firing technology against land targets. The struggle between the Kriegsmarine's U-boats and the Red Navy lasted from the opening salvos of Operation Barbarossa to the final chaotic days of Germany's defeat.

Available in English for the first time, Steel and Ice is well-illustrated, containing never-before-published color and black and white photos.

About this title

About the Author:

Lawrence Paterson has a long-standing interest in the Kriegsmarine

and is the author of ten books on the subject including U-Boat

War Patrol, Hitler's Grey Wolves, Weapons of Desperation, Black

Flag, Donitz's Last Gamble, and U-Boats in the Mediterranean. He

has worked in the Royal Navy Submarine Museum and is a heavy metal drummer.

Review:

"...a tidy, engaging summary of a mostly neglected aspect of the Second World War--submarine warfare outside the Atlantic and Pacific theaters." - Michigan War Studies Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 159114258X
• ISBN 13: 9781591142584
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256