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On the eve of World War I, the art of submarine warfare was barely a dozen years old; no nation had submarine-qualified officers serving at the senior staff level and no nation had developed any method for detecting submarines, or attacking them if found. Ancient prejudice against submarines remained: they did not "fit" in the classic, balanced structure of a navy - where battleships were king. However, by the end of WWI they had changed the face of naval warfare forever. This excellent and comprehensive reference book, translated for the first time in English, traces the remarkable history of the German U-Boat, meticulously recording all the different submarine classes and types developed from the U-1, launched in 1906, through the highly successful 30's series, to the Wolf pack of WWII and beyond. Type sheets provide information on the development, service record, range, crew strength and location for each entry. Special chapters are also devoted to the most successful and colorful German U-Boat commanders including Karl Donitz, Otto Kretschmer and Gunther Prien, and the boats of WWI War and submarine shelters that can be visited in museums today.
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Jason Madrak
reviewed Encyclopedia of U-Boats: From 1904 to the Present on September 01, 2013 Encyclopedia of U-Boats
A lot of interesting information about the evolution of naval fire control during the big gun era including practical results from WWI and WWII Would have liked to have seen more information about the design of the guns as well rather than the short chapter at the end. This book could have been a lot better. Writing is more like a stream of consciousness. Good writing and proper editing would make this a better book. Illustrations are incomplete and hard to follow in many cases. Critical features of warship fire control system in photos should have been identified with leaders and captions rather than a long fine print caption. Similarly the description for fire control analog computers is difficult to follow. A flow chart showing how information came into these mechanical analog computers, was processed and then output would greatly clarify the text as well as the illustrations. Worth reading if you are interested in electro mechanical analog computer and or naval history. Rather expensive for what it is though
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