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UNINA9910458525903321 |
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Autore |
Terraine John |
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Titolo |
Business in great waters : the U-boat wars 1916-1945 / / John Terraine |
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South Yorkshire, England : , : Pen & Sword Maritime, , 2009 |
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©2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-4738-1292-5 |
1-78383-360-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (882 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations - Submarine |
World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations, German |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Maps Drawn by Chester Read""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""PART I: THE FIRST ROUND""; ""1 Free From All Scruples""; ""2 The Most Formidable Thing""; ""3 Engage The Enemy More Closely""; ""4 Convoy Acted Like A Spell""; ""5 Slack Water""; ""6 Foiled Rather Than Defeated""; ""7 Small Advantages""; ""8 The Battle Done""; ""PART II: INTERVAL""; ""The Insidious Submarine""; ""PART III: THE SECOND ROUND""; ""1 Dearth Of U-boats""; ""2 Nothing Of Major Importance"" |
""3/i The Steep Atlantick""""3/ii The Very Nadir Of British Fortunes""; ""3/iii As Though The Defence Had Won""; ""4 By The Narrowest Of Margins""; ""5 A Roll Of Drums""; ""6 The Heartbeat Of The War""; ""7 We Had Lost The Battle""; ""8 Unconditional Surrender""; ""NOTES""; ""APPENDICES""; ""A British, American and German Naval Ranks""; ""B The German U-boats of World War I""; ""C Gross Tonnage of Merchant Shipping Lost Through Enemy Action, to 11 November, 1918""; ""D Shipping and U-boat Losses 1939-45, yearly and monthly""; ""E U-boat Deployment in the Biscay Bases (July, 1943)"" |
""F Shipping Losses in British Home Waters, 1939-45""""G Analysis of U-boat Losses 1914-45""; ""SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""General Index""; |
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""Index of Aircraft""; ""Index of Convoys""; ""Index of Merchant Vessels""; ""Index of U-boats""; ""Index of Warships"" |
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Twice within 25 years Britain was threatened with starvation by the menace of the U-Boat. In this study of submarine warfare, the author explains why Winston Churchill wrote ""the only thing that ever frightened me during the war was the U-Boat peril"". Until it had been overcome, the Anglo-American entry into Europe in 1944 would have been impossible. John Terraine concentrates on the combatants themselves, both German and Allied, but does not overlook the three main factors in the equation - the political, the military and the technological, as well as the intelligence, the weapons and the d |
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UNISA996393372303316 |
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Titolo |
[November] [[electronic resource]] |
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Almanacs |
Ephemerides |
Astrology |
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Title from running title. |
Date of publication suggested by cataloger. |
Fragment. |
Imperfect: stained with some loss of text. |
Reproduction of original in: British Library. |
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UNISA996392282303316 |
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Autore |
Reynolds John <fl. 1621-1650.> |
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Titolo |
The garden of love and royal flower of fidelity a pleasant history [[electronic resource] /] / written originally by Mr. John Reynolds ; Now much improved by several hands |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London, : Printed for Nicholas Boddington ... and John Back ..., 1692 |
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Edizione |
[The fourth edition with amendments and alterations.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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English prose literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Imperfect: pages tightly bound and torn with some loss of print ; Lacks signature A2-B1 and all after page 192 ; Defective Bodleian Library copy spliced at end. |
Reproduction of original in: British Library and Bodleian Library. |
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