{"product_id":"9781838864637-submarines-of-world-war-ii","title":"Submarines of World War II","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with more than 100 submarine artworks, \u003cem\u003eTechnical Guide: Submarines of World War II\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential reference guide for modellers and naval warfare enthusiasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the very beginning of World War II, the German U-boats proved their worth, attacking Atlantic shipping and imposing a trangulating blockade on Allied supply lines that seriously degraded Britain’s ability to wage war. In the Pacific theatre, US Navy submarines terrorised Japanese shipping, sinking over 1,000 ships, including a battleship, eight carriers and 11 heavy cruisers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArranged by country and by date, this book offers a detailed guide to the major types of submarine to serve in World War II. Find out about German U-boat U-47’s daring raid on the British naval base at Scapa Flow in October 1939, where it sank the battleship \u003cem\u003eRoyal Oak\u003c\/em\u003e; marvel at the power of the German U-boat Wolf Packs, who sunk 32 Allied ships from Convoy SC-7 in just two days in 1940; learn about the Japanese I-19, which sunk the USS \u003cem\u003eWasp\u003c\/em\u003e and USS \u003cem\u003eO’Brien\u003c\/em\u003e with a remarkable single salvo of six torpedoes in 1942; explore the German Type XXI diesel-electric \u003cem\u003eElektroboot\u003c\/em\u003e, the first type designed to operate primarily submerged; wonder at the Japanese I-400 class carrier-submarine, which was equipped with floatplanes; and discover how U-boat U-405 was destroyed by a combination of small arms fire and ramming by American destroyer USS \u003cem\u003eBorie\u003c\/em\u003e in one of the most dramatic surface encounters of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with more than 100 vivid artworks, \u003cem\u003eTechnical Guide: Submarines of World War II\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential reference guide for modellers and naval warfare enthusiasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41822320754785,"sku":"9781838864637","price":14.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40317275.jpg?v=1773316115","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781838864637-submarines-of-world-war-ii","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}