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Black May, The Epic Story of the Allies' Defeat of the German U-boats in May of 1943, by Michael Gannon, Harper Collins, New York, 1998. This is a riveting account of the epic Battle of the Atlantic in many places but the laborous going over of technical detail which could have been done in appendices and footnotes messes with the drama. Its one of those books that would be most interesting to those who were there, their descendants, or a technophile. I would, however, recommend it to any modern day submariner. Go rent Das Boot before you read it, though. Title Blog Entry Black May, The Epic Story of the Allies' Defeat of the German U-boats in May of 1943, by Michael Gannon, Harper Collins, New York, 1998. This is a riveting account of the epic Battle of the Atlantic in many places but the laborous going over of technical detail which could have been done in appendices and footnotes messes with the drama. Its one of those books that would be most interesting to those who were there, their descendants, or a technophile. I would, however, recommend it to any modern day submariner. Go rent Das Boot before you read it, though.