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Hitler's Grey Wolves: U-boats in the Indian Ocean. By Lawrence Paterson. London: Greenhill Books, 2004. ISBN 1-85367-615-2. Photographs. Appendixes. Notes. Sources. Index. Pp. 287. £19.99.
U-boat operations in the Indian Ocean during the second World War deserve far more published attention than the subject has received to date, and that reason alone makes Hitler's Grey Wolves a worthwhile addition to the literature, but one must note that it is not a scholarly work. It is, however, a well-written, straightforward narrative with numerous original photographs.
With the backdrop of the German war in Europe and the Japanese war in the Pacific, the Axis submarine navies, including limited Italian participation, met in the Indian Ocean in an effort to bring additional destruction to western Allied forces. Problems were often overwhelming, especially after...