Opinion on Best Technical English WW2 Sub Book

Bathrone · 08-22-07, 10:18 PM

Fathers day is coming up and Im looking to drop my "order"

I'm after a good sub non-fiction book on WW2, doesnt matter Uboat or Pacific, must be english. I would prefer a book that goes into alot of technical details and provides insights into sub operation. At the sametime ideally it would have descriptions of encounters rather than being a manual on sub operations.

So recommendations please

Bill Nichols · 08-23-07, 05:59 AM

You can't get any more technical or authentic than this:

http://www.periscopefilm.com/book1.html

Although it doesn't meet your second criteria (to have descriptions of encounters rather than being a manual on sub operations). For that, you definitely want:

United States Submarine Operations in World War 2, by Theodore Roscoe.

Bathrone · 08-25-07, 07:14 AM

Legend thanks mate

AirborneTD · 08-25-07, 07:21 AM

This one is highly technical, too. "US Submarines Through 1945" (an illustrated design history) by Norman Friedman.

My favorite all time pac war sub book is "Silent Victory" by Clay Blair and I am currently still reading Roscoe's US Sub Operations book as mentioned above. This one is very good but dated as it was published in 1949. Blair's book is a great read published in the 1990's when Ultra/intelligence info could be divulged.

Bill Nichols · 08-25-07, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by AirborneTD

This one is highly technical, too. "US Submarines Through 1945" (an illustrated design history) by Norman Friedman.

My favorite all time pac war sub book is "Silent Victory" by Clay Blair and I am currently still reading Roscoe's US Sub Operations book as mentioned above. This one is very good but dated as it was published in 1949. Blair's book is a great read published in the 1990's when Ultra/intelligence info could be divulged.

Both good suggestions as well.

Sailor Steve · 08-28-07, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Nichols

Although it doesn't meet your second criteria

Bill, Bill, Bill, I thought you were better than that. I've been slammed for correcting people's grammar before, but this one I can't let slide:

If it's one, it's a criterion.

Bill Nichols · 08-28-07, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Nichols

Although it doesn't meet your second criteria

Bill, Bill, Bill, I thought you were better than that. I've been slammed for correcting people's grammar before, but this one I can't let slide:

If it's one, it's a criterion.

My bad

08-22-07, 10:18 PM	#1
Bathrone Ensign Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 234 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	Opinion on Best Technical English WW2 Sub Book Fathers day is coming up and Im looking to drop my "order" I'm after a good sub non-fiction book on WW2, doesnt matter Uboat or Pacific, must be english. I would prefer a book that goes into alot of technical details and provides insights into sub operation. At the sametime ideally it would have descriptions of encounters rather than being a manual on sub operations. So recommendations please

08-23-07, 05:59 AM	#2
Bill Nichols Master of Defense Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,502 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	You can't get any more technical or authentic than this: http://www.periscopefilm.com/book1.html Although it doesn't meet your second criteria (to have descriptions of encounters rather than being a manual on sub operations). For that, you definitely want: United States Submarine Operations in World War 2, by Theodore Roscoe. __________________ My Dangerous Waters website:

08-25-07, 07:21 AM	#4
AirborneTD Engineer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 204 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	This one is highly technical, too. "US Submarines Through 1945" (an illustrated design history) by Norman Friedman. My favorite all time pac war sub book is "Silent Victory" by Clay Blair and I am currently still reading Roscoe's US Sub Operations book as mentioned above. This one is very good but dated as it was published in 1949. Blair's book is a great read published in the 1990's when Ultra/intelligence info could be divulged. __________________ "You know, you might get surrounded." "We're paratroopers, Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded." --Band of Brothers

08-25-07, 07:14 AM	#3
Bathrone Ensign Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 234 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	Legend thanks mate