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Naval Institute Press, Published 1971. Hardcover, 256 pp.; 25 cm; illustrated with 8 unnumbered plates of black-and-white photographs and 5 maps.
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In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Blue cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on spine; mild shelf wear. Binding tight; small sticker residue at top corner of front pastedown near spine. Otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket has a few small nicks and tears, light creasing to edges with heavier creasing to flap edges, and mild shelf wear; not price-clipped, with the $10.00 price intact on the front flap. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover.Alastair Mars's account of Royal Navy submarine operations from prewar planning through the end of the Second World War, drawing on his own service as a submarine commander including his wartime command of HMS Unbroken in the Mediterranean. Mars covers the Norwegian campaign, the Mediterranean fight with extended attention to Malta and the convoy battles of 1941-1942, the long Home Waters patrols, and the Far East operations from 1940 through 1945. His account is concise and direct on combat, losses, and the men who served, many of whom Mars knew personally. Foreword by Vice-Admiral J.C.Y. Roxburgh, then Flag Officer Submarines, who appears in one of the plates as a young officer aboard HMS United in 1943.Contents: Foreword (Vice-Admiral J.C.Y. Roxburgh); Author's Introduction; Before the Second World War; Home Waters before the Invasion of Norway; The Influence of British Submarine Power in the Far East; British Submarine Operations in the Far East September 1939-June 1940; The Norwegian Campaign; Mediterranean Operations June 1940-May 1941; The Scene at Home July 1940-February 1942; The Ascendancy of Malta-Based Submarines July 1941-March 1942; The Fight for Malta March-August 1942; 'The Army Game' in the Mediterranean September 1942-August 1943; Operations in Home Waters March 1942-August 1943; Home and Mediterranean Operations August 1943-May 1945; Far East December 1940-August 1945; Brief Summary; Epilogue; Appendix I; Appendix II; Bibliography; Index.