Table of Contents

Editor’s Preface, by Theodore P. Savas

Foreword, by Erich Topp

Introduction: Eric Rust

1. No Target Too Far: The Genesis, Concept, and Operations of Type IX U-Boats in World War II, by Eric C. Rust

2. A Community Bound by Fate: The Crew of U-505 by Timothy Mulligan

3. From the Lion’s Roar to Blunted Axe: The Combat Patrols of U-505, by Lawrence Paterson

4. Deciphering the U-boat War: The Role of Intelligence in the Capture of U-505 by Mark E. Wise and Jak P. Mallmann Showell

5. Collision Course: Task Group 22.3 and the Hunt for U-505 by Lawrence Paterson

6. Desperate Decisions: The German Loss of U-505 by Jordan Vause

7. Project 356: U-505 and the Journey to Chicago by Keith Gill

Appendix A: Type IXC U-boats: Technical Data

Appendix B: U-505 Combat Chronology

Appendix C: Harald Lange's Report of the Loss of U-505

Notes

Contributors

Index