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Many of those books have been <a href="/books/books_submit.html">submitted</a> by our readers in the last few days.<p><br> <br><table bgcolor="#e1e1e1"><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><p>Buy this title at</p><br><a href="/about/scripts/amazon_co_uk.php?book=1472835816&path=/books/?bid=recent"><strong>amazon.co.uk</strong></a><span class="small"><br>£ 20.00 (<strike>£ 25.00</strike>)<br>20% off</span></td><td><h3 class="book_header">German submarine U-1105 'Black Panther'</h3></strong>by Aaron Stephan Hamilton<br>The naval archaeology of a U-boat (2019, Osprey Publishing) <br>ISBN 1472835816<br>Hardcover, 128 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> A detailed study of history and marine archaeology of an innovative late-World War II U-boat that currently lies as a wreck in the Potomac River.Now i ... <br><a href="/books/item/2488">Visit our page for this title</a></td></tr></table></p> <br><table ><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><a href="/books/item/2487"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/1473827566.jpg" hspace="5" alt="Target Corinth Canal 1940–1944"></a></td><td><h3 class="book_header">Target Corinth Canal 1940–1944</h3></strong>by Platon Alexiades (2015, Pen and Sword) <br>ISBN 1473827566<br>Hardcover, 288 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> During the Second World War the Corinth Canal assumed an importance disproportionate to its size. It was the focus of numerous special Allied operatio ... <br><a href="/books/item/2487">Visit our page for this title</a></td></tr></table></p> <br><table bgcolor="#e1e1e1"><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><a href="/books/item/2486"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/014310926X.jpg" hspace="5" alt="The Mathews Men"></a><p>Buy this title at</p><br><a href="/about/scripts/amazon_co_uk.php?book=014310926X&path=/books/?bid=recent"><strong>amazon.co.uk</strong></a><span class="small"><br>£ 12.99</span></td><td><h3 class="book_header">The Mathews Men</h3></strong>by William Geroux<br>Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler's U-boats (2017, Penguin Books) <br>ISBN 014310926X<br>Paperback, 400 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> “Vividly drawn and emotionally gripping."—Daniel James Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat. One of the last unhera ... <br><a href="/books/item/2486">Visit our page for this title</a></td></tr></table></p> <br><table ><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><a href="/books/item/2485"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/1925335151.jpg" hspace="5" alt="False Flags"></a><p>Buy this title at</p><br><a href="/about/scripts/amazon_com.php?book=1925335151&path=/books/?bid=recent"><strong>amazon.com</strong></a><br><a href="/books/item/2485" class="small">See more sellers</a></td><td><h3 class="book_header">False Flags</h3></strong>by Stephen Robinson<br>Disguised German Raiders of World War II (2016, Exisle Publishing) <br>ISBN 1925335151<br>Hardcover, 336 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> False Flags tells the epic untold story of German raider voyages to the South Seas during the early years of World War II. In 1940 the raiders Orion, ... <br><a href="/books/item/2485">Visit our page for this title</a></td></tr></table></p> <br><table bgcolor="#e1e1e1"><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><a href="/books/item/2484"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/1781593760.jpg" hspace="5" alt="Convoy Will Scatter"></a><p>Buy this title at</p><br><a href="/about/scripts/amazon_co_uk.php?book=1781593760&path=/books/?bid=recent"><strong>amazon.co.uk</strong></a><span class="small"><br>£ 17.99 (<strike>£ 19.99</strike>)<br>11% off</span></td><td><h3 class="book_header">Convoy Will Scatter</h3></strong>by Bernard Edwards<br>The Full Story of Jervis Bay and Convoy HX84 (2013, Pen and Sword) <br>ISBN 1781593760<br>Hardcover, 224 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> On 5 November 1940 the eastbound convoy HX 84 of thirty-seven merchant ships, escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay was attacked in mi ... <br><a href="/books/item/2484">Visit our page for this title</a></td></tr></table></p> <br><table ><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><a href="/books/item/2483"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/1849087180.jpg" hspace="5" alt="Forgotten Sacrifice"></a></td><td><h3 class="book_header">Forgotten Sacrifice</h3></strong>by Michael G. Walling<br>The Arctic Convoys of World War II (General Military) (2012, Osprey Publishing) <br>ISBN 1849087180<br>Hardcover, 292 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> Hitler called Norway the “Zone of Destiny” for Nazi Germany because convoys from Churchill's Britain and Roosevelt's United States supplied Stalin ... <br><a href="/books/item/2483">Visit our page for this title</a></td></tr></table></p> <br><table bgcolor="#e1e1e1"><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><a href="/books/item/2482"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/1844156117.jpg" hspace="5" alt="Arctic Convoys 1941 - 1945"></a><p>Buy this title at</p><br><a href="/about/scripts/amazon_co_uk.php?book=1844156117&path=/books/?bid=recent"><strong>amazon.co.uk</strong></a><span class="small"><br>£ 20.00 (<strike>£ 25.00</strike>)<br>20% off</span></td><td><h3 class="book_header">Arctic Convoys 1941 - 1945</h3></strong>by Richard Woodman (2007, Casemate Publishers) <br>ISBN 1844156117<br>Paperback, 532 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> During the last four years of the Second World War, the Western Allies secured Russian defenses against Germany by supplying vital food and arms. The ... <br><a href="/books/item/2482">Visit our page for this title</a></td></tr></table></p> <br><table ><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><a href="/books/item/2481"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/1473887089.jpg" hspace="5" alt="The Decoys"></a><p>Buy this title at</p><br><a href="/about/scripts/amazon_co_uk.php?book=1473887089&path=/books/?bid=recent"><strong>amazon.co.uk</strong></a><span class="small"><br>£ 33.50 (<strike>£ 35.50</strike>)<br>6% off</span></td><td><h3 class="book_header">The Decoys</h3></strong>by Bernard Edwards<br>A Tale of Three Atlantic Convoys 1942 (2017, Naval Institute Press) <br>ISBN 1473887089<br>Hardcover, 224 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> In November 1942, Britain and America launched Operation TORCH, the ambitious invasion of French North African colonies of Morocco and Algeria. To con ... <br><a href="/books/item/2481">Visit our page for this title</a></td></tr></table></p> <br><table bgcolor="#e1e1e1"><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><a href="/books/item/2480"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/1552387593.jpg" hspace="5" alt="Long Night of the Tankers"></a><p>Buy this title at</p><br><a href="/about/scripts/amazon_co_uk.php?book=1552387593&path=/books/?bid=recent"><strong>amazon.co.uk</strong></a><span class="small"><br>£ 26.99</span></td><td><h3 class="book_header">Long Night of the Tankers</h3></strong>by David J. Bercuson<br>Hitler's War Against Caribbean Oil (Beyond Boundaries: Canadian Defense and) (2014, University of Calgary Press) <br>ISBN 1552387593<br>Paperback, 368 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> Long Night of the Tankers presents a fresh account of a lesser-known but critical component of the Atlantic naval theatre during World War II. Using w ... <br><a href="/books/item/2480">Visit our page for this title</a></td></tr></table></p> <br><table ><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><a href="/books/item/2479"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/149175270X.jpg" hspace="5" alt="Imprisoned in the Caribbean"></a><p>Buy this title at</p><br><a href="/about/scripts/amazon_co_uk.php?book=149175270X&path=/books/?bid=recent"><strong>amazon.co.uk</strong></a><span class="small"><br>£ 12.95</span></td><td><h3 class="book_header">Imprisoned in the Caribbean</h3></strong>by Ligia T. Domenech<br>The 1942 German U-boat Blockade (2014, iUniverse) <br>ISBN 149175270X<br>Paperback, 224 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> Winston Churchill recognized in his memoirs: "The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril" His fears would be re ... <br><a href="/books/item/2479">Visit our page for this title</a></td></tr></table></p> <br><table bgcolor="#e1e1e1"><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><a href="/books/item/2478"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/1844153223.jpg" hspace="5" alt="Execution for Duty"></a><p>Buy this title at</p><br><a href="/about/scripts/amazon_com.php?book=1844153223&path=/books/?bid=recent"><strong>amazon.com</strong></a><br><a href="/books/item/2478" class="small">See more sellers</a></td><td><h3 class="book_header">Execution for Duty</h3></strong>by Peter C. Hansen<br>The Life, Trial and Murder of a U boat Captain (2006, Pen and Sword) <br>ISBN 1844153223<br>Hardcover, 256 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> Oskar Heinz Kusch, joined the German Navy in 1937. He worked his way successfully through naval college and eventually volunteered for duty in U boats ... <br><a href="/books/item/2478">Visit our page for this title</a></td></tr></table></p> <br><table ><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><a href="/books/item/2477"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/0752450557.jpg" hspace="5" alt="Smoke and Mirrors"></a></td><td><h3 class="book_header">Smoke and Mirrors</h3></strong>by Deborah Lake<br>Q-Ships against the U-Boats in the First World War (2009, The History Press) <br>ISBN 0752450557<br>Paperback, 256 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> The Q-ship, an ordinary merchant vessel with concealed guns, came into its own during World War I, when used by the Royal Navy to trap and destroy Ge ... <br><a href="/books/item/2477">Visit our page for this title</a></td></tr></table></p> <br><table bgcolor="#e1e1e1"><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><a href="/books/item/2476"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/1844157148.jpg" hspace="5" alt="Donitz's Last Gamble"></a><p>Buy this title at</p><br><a href="/about/scripts/amazon_co_uk.php?book=1844157148&path=/books/?bid=recent"><strong>amazon.co.uk</strong></a><span class="small"><br>£ 25.00</span></td><td><h3 class="book_header">Donitz's Last Gamble</h3></strong>by Lawrence Patterson<br>The Inshore U-Boat Campaign 1944-45 (2008, Seaforth Publishing) <br>ISBN 1844157148<br>Hardcover, 208 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> By the end of 1943 the German submarine war on Atlantic convoys was all but defeated, beaten by superior technology, code-breaking and air power. With ... <br><a href="/books/item/2476">Visit our page for this title</a></td></tr></table></p> <br><table ><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><a href="/books/item/2475"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/1591141451.jpg" hspace="5" alt="The Cruel Sea Retold"></a><p>Buy this title at</p><br><a href="/about/scripts/amazon_com.php?book=1591141451&path=/books/?bid=recent"><strong>amazon.com</strong></a><br><a href="/books/item/2475" class="small">See more sellers</a></td><td><h3 class="book_header">The Cruel Sea Retold</h3></strong>by Bernard Edwards<br>The Truth Behind Monsarrat's Epic Convoy Drama (2009, Naval Institute Press) <br>ISBN 1591141451<br>Hardcover, 224 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> Bernard Edwards recounts the history that Nicholas Monsarrat used as the basis of his famous adventure novel, The Cruel Sea, which tells the tale of B ... <br><a href="/books/item/2475">Visit our page for this title</a></td></tr></table></p> <br><table bgcolor="#e1e1e1"><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><a href="/books/item/2474"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/1782820426.jpg" hspace="5" alt="The Victory at Sea"></a><p>Buy this title at</p><br><a href="/about/scripts/amazon_co_uk.php?book=1782820426&path=/books/?bid=recent"><strong>amazon.co.uk</strong></a><span class="small"><br>£ 21.00</span></td><td><h3 class="book_header">The Victory at Sea</h3></strong>by W. S. Sims<br>the Allied Campaign Against U-Boats During the First World War 1917-18 (2012, LEONAUR) <br>ISBN 1782820426<br>Hardcover, 340 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> Victory snatched from imminent defeat This book by the American, Admiral Sims will be a revelation to many. 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Messimer<br>German Agents, American Traitors, and the U-boat Deutschland During World War I (2015, Naval Institute Press) <br>ISBN 1591141842<br>Hardcover, 280 pages<br><img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag_united_kingdom_s.png" alt="" width="18" height="12" /> book is in English language<br><strong>Description:</strong> By the summer of 1915 Germany was faced with two major problems in fighting World War I: how to break the British blockade and how to stop or seriousl ... <br><a href="/books/item/2470">Visit our page for this title</a></td></tr></table></p> <br><table ><tr><td class="width100" align="center"><a href="/books/item/2469"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/1782824677.jpg" hspace="5" alt="Trap the U-Boats!"></a><p>Buy this title at</p><br><a href="/about/scripts/amazon_co_uk.php?book=1782824677&path=/books/?bid=recent"><strong>amazon.co.uk</strong></a><span class="small"><br>£ 19.00</span></td><td><h3 class="book_header">Trap the U-Boats!</h3></strong>by Alfred F. 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