The U-boat war in Maps

The Mediterranean

Mediterranean

The first boats to enter the area were the U-97 and U-559 on 26 Sept, 1941. Any U-boat that entered the Mediterranean was lost forever to the Battle of the Atlantic as the currents in the Straits of Gibraltar were simply too strong to escape that way again while submerged (the only feasible way due to strong Allied ASW patrols in the Straits).

In this body of water the allies successfully tried a new ASW tactic called Swamp, see file on U-371 for more info.

The following 10 U-boats were lost at Toulon (see position of U-303) during July and August 1944, through allied air raids;
    U-380, U-410, U-421, U-466, U-471,
    U-586, U-642, U-952, U-967 and U-969.

The front is drawn as of July 1, 1943, just before the Allied (green) invasion of Siciley on 22 July. Borders are in their WWII state.



Naval Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1940-1945
Koburger, Charles W.


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Books dealing with this subject include:

The Battle for the Mediterranean. Macintyre, Donald, 1975. (transl.)
British battleships 1939-45 (1). Konstam, Angus, 2009.
Capturing Enigma. Harper, Stephen, 2000. (transl.)
Carrier Operations in World War II. Brown, J.D., 2009.
Discharged Dead. Hart, Sydney, 1956.
Graue Wölfe in blauer See. Alman, Karl, 1977. (transl.)
H.M. Corvette. Monsarrat, Nicholas, 2001.
I Drasi tou Polemikou kai Emporikou Ellinikou Naftikou kata ton B' Pagosmio Polemo. Manolas, Stamatios G., R. Adm. (ret.), Economist - Attorney at Law, 1998.
De Kat met de Negen Levens. Claes, Wijnand,
Mala flota bez mitow. Borowiak, Mariusz, 1999.
Maritime Is Number Ten - The Sunderland Era 1939-45. Baff, K.C. (Flight Lieutenant), 1983.
Marynarski worek wspomnien. Karnicki, Borys, 1987.
Moja wojna: Wspomnienia ostatniego dowodcy ORP Dzik. Klopotowski, Andrzej, 2002.
The Naval War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943. Greene, Jack and Massignani, Alessandro, 1999.
Naval Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1940-1945. Koburger, Charles W., 1993.
Okrety plyna po ladzie. Piwowoński, Jan, 1959.
Okrety podwodne Sokól i Dzik. Pertek, Jerzy, 1958.
Periscope patrol. Turner, John Frayn, 2009.
Peryskop w Gore. Damski, Zbigniew, 1972.
Przez pryzmat peryskopu. Guzowski, Andrzej, 1997.
Royal Naval Air Service 1912-1918. King, Bradley, 1997.
Sokoly siedmiu mórz. Biskupski, Stanislaw, 1972.
Struggle for the middle sea. O\'Hara, Vincent P., 2009.
Telegraphist Air Gunner. Sims, Ken, 1999.
Tin Can Sailor. Calhoun, C. Raymond, 1993.
Torpedo, Achtung ! Los !. Marschall, Wilhelm, 1938.
U-Boats of the Kaiser's Navy. Williamson, Gordon, 2002.
U-X stand im Mittelmeer. Schröder, Edgar, 1943.
Zraloci Cisare Pana. Cesti namornici na rakouskych ponorkach 1914-1918. Jindrich, Marek, 2001.


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