Jak P. Mallmann Showell
Conway Maritime Press
U boat command and the battle of the Atlantic looks at the U boat campaign through the eyes of the German high command. It is not simply just another blow by blow account of the action at sea; instead it focuses on the state of knowledge in the U boat command at the time and the tactical and strategic decisions taken as the war developed.
Jak P. Mallmann Showell is one of the few authors who had permission from Grand Admiral Karl Donitz to study his war diary at a time when it was still considered to have been a classified document in Britain. A fluent German speaker, Mallmann Showell interviewed many ex U boat men as well as consulting original documents.
First published in 1989
ISBN # 0-85177-487-2
Original book in very good condition with photographs and illustrations.