Mark Lardas, The Capture of U-505: The US Navy’s controversial Enigma raid, Atlantic Ocean 1944 by Charles Ross Patterson II

With this book, Osprey has released number 58 in its Raid Series and author Mark Lardas' 36 th title.It recounts the events leading up to the successful capture of an intact German submarine in June of 1944, carried out under the initiative of Captain Daniel Gallery (USN), and the threat this action posed to Allied code breaking efforts.Lardas' analysis involves a summation of the combat, tactics, and vessels both leading to and involved in the fateful engagement, the commanders of both forces, and a step-by-step account of U-505's ensnarement, abandonment, capture, and salvage.Period photographs and digital renderings are used to illustrate various aspects and key moments of the operation, with maps of patrol routes and search patterns further illustrating the dangerous hunt for Gallery's elusive prize.Lardas analyzes the results of U-505's capture and its rewards versus the unintentional risks involved before concluding the text with recommended Further Reading and a quick reference index.The introduction actually mirrors later sections of the text, diving right into Task Group 22.3 on the hunt for a U-boat off the coast of Africa and U-505's discovery that they were under attack.Lardas then segues into his argument that the results of this encounter are worthy of study due to the event's simultaneous illustration of "how doing the unexpected can yield surprising success" and "the perils of secrecy" (7).A simplified chronological timeline of events from 1935 to 1977 follows, covering the key dates involved in the formation of the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm, the entry of the United States into the Second World War, the service history of the involved units, and the final fates of major participants, both commanders and ships.The final background section of the work is appropriately titled Origins, and covers the Battle of the Atlantic from 1939 through January 1944, largely through the lens of the U-boat threat and the resulting evolution of allied antisubmarine warfare efforts.The German 'Happy Times' are covered, as is the rise of hunter-killer groups, convoys, and the all-important cracking of the Enigma code that helped pinpoint submarines through their communiques, all of which led to the deadly danger faced by U-505 and her fellow submariners in the waters of the Atlantic in 1944.

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