Table of Contents
List of Maps vii
Preface viii
Acknowledgements xi
Lntroduction 1
Chapter 1 The Birth of the U-Tanker 3
Chapter 2 The Supply Ships 10
Chapter 3 The German Ciphers are Broken 13
Chapter 4 Remote Areas 21
Chapter 5 'Paukenschlag' against America 29
Chapter 6 The U-Tankers 44
Chapter 7 New Allied Weapons 64
Chapter 8 Onslaught on the Convoy Routes 68
Chapter 9 Attack on Cape Town 87
Chapter 10 The Problems Mount 94
Chapter 11 Black May 112
Chapter 12 Disaster in the Bay 122
Chapter 13 Disaster in the Atlantic 147
Chapter 14 Refuelling in Other Theatres 163
Chapter 15 Return to the North Atlantic 186
Chapter 16 Maintaining the Pressure 207
Chapter 17 The End of the Milk Cows 217
Epilogue 233
Appendix 1 Results Achieved by the Milk Cows 237
Appendix 2 Spanish Co-operation 1940-2 238
Appendix 3 Known War Cruises 240
Appendix 4 Principal U-boat Types in this Book 245
Appendix 5 U-boat Quadrant Map 246
Appendix 6 German Naval Ranks 247
Bibliography 248
Index 251
