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The Battle of the Atlantic

How the Allies Won the War

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The Battle of the Atlantic

Auteur(s): Jonathan Dimbleby
Narrateur(s): Jonathan Dimbleby
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Battle of the Atlantic, written and read by Jonathan Dimbleby.

The Battle of the Atlantic was - though often overlooked - crucial to victory in the Second World War. If the German U-boats had prevailed, the maritime artery across the Atlantic would have been severed. Mass hunger would have consumed Britain, and the Allied armies would have been prevented from joining in the invasion of Europe. There would have been no D-Day.

Through fascinating contemporary diaries and letters, from the leaders and from the sailors on all sides, Jonathan Dimbleby creates a thrilling narrative that uniquely places the campaign in the context of the entire Second World War. Challenging conventional wisdom on the use of intelligence and on Churchill's bombing campaign, The Battle of the Atlantic tells the epic story of the decisions that led to victory, and the horror and humanity of life on those perilous seas.

 Guerres et conflits Militaire Guerre Winston Churchill U-Boat Sous-marin Impérialisme Redevances Japon impérial Franklin D. Roosevelt Russie L’entre-deux-guerres Force aérienne

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Winston Churchill famously described the Battle of the Atlantic as 'a war of groping and drowning, a war of ambuscade and stratagem, a war of science and seamanship' and no book depicts all of those myriad aspects better than Jonathan Dimbleby's majestic overview. His judgments can sometimes be harsh and are bound to be controversial, but they are backed up with wide reading, diligent scholarship and cogent argument. This is a truly gripping account of a campaign that the author rightly puts epicentral to the Allied victory in the Second World War.
Fascinating, thought-provoking and entertaining. Explodes a number of self-serving myths
Fresh and provocative
A wonderfully incisive, superbly written history. What Dimbleby has nailed so brilliantly is what so many war historians miss: the big picture
The epic Battle of the Atlantic can only really be understood when set against the strategic context of the time. This highly engaging history does this by combining gripping accounts of the tactics and operational fortunes of the Germans and the Allies in this bitterest of battles with an authoritative review of the strategic thinking that helps explain their motives and their responses at the highest national level, and that shows why victory was so important for both sides.
In this refreshing book Jonathan Dimbleby skilfully weaves together front line accounts and high policy discussions to provide a gripping and accessible new account of the most important campaign of the Second World War against Germany.
A gripping read and a great contribution to the history of the Second World War. The author realizes his immense ambition of bringing out the human aspects of the drama at every level, from the heads of state to the crews in the Atlantic, while also bringing important nuances to received views on the struggle against the U-boats, and, indeed, on Churchill's war leadership. An epic account.
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This is a wonderful account of the Battle of the Atlantic. It’s very informative, thoroughly researched, sympathetic and even-handed. It brings the human experience vividly to life. A magnificent achievement.
Obviously, there’s a lot to be said for an author reading his own book and, equally obviously, Dimbleby has a fine voice. But he has been done a disservice by those supervising this recording. So many mistakes and corrections have remained in the final recording as to be embarrassing and annoying. Dimbleby himself takes about four chapters to settle on the correct pronunciation of Kriegsmarine (not exactly an insignificant word in this book). Also, you either do accents or you don’t. If you’re not very good at them, don’t. Dimbleby does the worst possible thing here: he sort of half-does them. There’s a bit of an American inflection and a hint of Churchill. This just sounds silly. I don’t blame him for any of this. Someone should have been advising him better and more proactively supervising this production.
What remains is a hell of a good book, though.

Fantastic book; shambolic production

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Both the narrative and narration were gripping. But the lack of editing is surprising for Penguin Random House. You can hear the narrator shuffling papers, bad takes aren't edited out and you hear the narrator trying again, and you even hear the narrator apologizing to his sound engineer.

This audiobook has great potential, if the editing of the takes is redone to remove the gaffes and errors.

Good book, good read, bad editing

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