U-Boats Beyond Biscay, Bernard Edwards

U-Boats Beyond Biscay, Bernard EdwardsNew Hardback On the outbreak of war in 1939 Admiral Donitzs U boat flotillas consisted of some thirty U boats fully operational, with only six to eight at sea at any one time. Their activities were restricted mainly to the North Sea and British coastal waters. When France fell in the summer of 1940, the ports in the Bay of Biscay gave direct access to the Atlantic, and the ability to extend their reach even to. The Royal Navy was unable to escort

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