| ID | 180877 |
| Title Proper | German Perspectives on the U-Boat War, 1939–1941 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Evan Wilson and Ruth Schapiro ; Wilson, Evan ; Schapiro, Ruth |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Until the United States entered World War II, Britain’s isolation left it vulnerable to U-boats. Yet even when the campaign appeared to be going well, the German Naval War Staff worried that it was likely to be unsuccessful. The staff’s pessimism has been largely absent from the Anglophone historiography. The fundamental problem was that the Germans needed to secure a decisive result quickly, before the full weight of U.S. industrial might could be felt, but they were deploying a weapon designed for a long war. This article calls attention not only to this dilemma, but to the German awareness of it. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Military History Vol. 85, No.2; Apr 2021: p.369–98 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Military History 2021-06 85, 2 |
| Key Words | German Perspectives ; U-Boat War ; 1939–1941 |