{"product_id":"rise-and-fall-of-the-u-bootwaffe-9798397796033","title":"Rise and Fall of the U-Bootwaffe","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Harry Cooper\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Wars \u0026amp; Conflicts - World War II - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGermany was destroyed, devastated, broken and helpless under the victorious Allied powers after World War One. The ill-conceived Treaty of Versailles had a boot on the German throat. They were allowed a small defensive military not to exceed 100,000 troops and no more than 800 officers. Above all, Germany was not permitted any U-Boats of any kind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow was it then, that as early as 1936 when German U-Boats first went into combat, that they had the most advanced submarines at sea? Further, when World War Two began on 1 September 1939, they had even more units and more advanced submarines than any other navy? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile it is true that the U-Bootwaffe had far too few U-Boats on 1 Sept. 1939, they had the most advanced submarines of the time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book explains the secret planning of the new U-Bootwaffe, the mid-war changes anticipated and requested by Karl Dönitz and it gives his analysis in 1946 why the war went like it did.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45547193008279,"sku":"9798397796033","price":2177.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798397796033.webp?v=1768583830","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/rise-and-fall-of-the-u-bootwaffe-9798397796033","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}