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Duel Ser.: Fw 200 Condor vs Atlantic Convoy : 1941-43 by Robert Forczyk (2010, Trade Paperback)

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With the fall of France in 1940, Germany suddenly had the opportunity to strike at poorly guarded Allied convoys. The Luftwaffe pressed into service the Fw-200 Condor, a plane that had originally been designed as a civilian airliner and the first plane to fly non-stop from Berlin to New York in 1938. After various modifications, the Fw-200 became the Luftwaffe's long-range maritime patrol and strike bomber. It was devastatingly effective; a single attack by five Condors on a convoy in February 1941 resulted in the sinking and damaging of 11 ships. Furthermore, the Condors passed on convoy sightings to the U-boats with devastating effect. By the summer of 1941, the threat posed by the Condor was so great that Winston Churchill dubbed them "the scourge of the Atlantic." Losses to Condor attacks resulted in various crash efforts to find a solution to the predator. One solution was the Hurricate, a modified Hurricane that was launched by catapult from a converted merchant ship. But a more robust solution was required. This was delivered with the creation of the escort carrier to provide continuous air cover over a threatened convoy. By 1941 the duel for supremacy over the Atlantic began to turn in favor of the Allies and was furthered by the entry of the US into the war. The Germans made a last ditch attempt to turn the tide by equipping Condors with anti-shipping missiles, better defensive armament and airborne radar. But their numbers were too few to combat the ever-increasing might of the Allies. This volume highlights a classic duel between opposing tactics, doctrine and technology, with the Germans attempting to field an airborne weapon that could intercept the Atlantic convoys, while the Allies attempted to provide an effective defense umbrella over the ships carrying vital war-time supplies.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1846039177
ISBN-13
9781846039171
eBay Product ID (ePID)
74240506

Product Key Features

Book Title
Fw 200 Condor Vs Atlantic Convoy : 1941-43
Author
Robert Forczyk
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military Science, Military / World War II, Aviation / History, Military / Aviation
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Transportation, History
Number of Pages
80 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.7in
Item Height
0.2in
Item Width
7.3in
Item Weight
8.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Series Volume Number
25
Lc Classification Number
D787
Reviews
"Aviation and World War II buffs should enjoy this latest Osprey release, which will prove particularly valuable to scholars of the Battle of the Atlantic." -Robert Guttman, Aviation History (September 2010), "Aviation and World War II buffs should enjoy this latest Osprey release, which will prove particularly valuable to scholars of the Battle of the Atlantic." -- Robert Guttman, Aviation History (September 2010)
Table of Content
Introduction/ Design & development/ Technical Specifications / Combatants/ Combat/ Statistics & Analysis/ Conclusion/ Further Reading
Illustrated by
Palmer, Ian, Gerrard, Howard
Copyright Date
2010
Lccn
2010-293007
Dewey Decimal
940.54293
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Duel Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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