Most interesting technical book about:

Huff Duff versus German U-boat wireless communications 1939-1945

by Arthur O. Bauer

German translation, Heinz Lissok

German introduchtion chapter of this book: Clausewitz's historical considerations

German introduction chapter (pdf): Einleitung (Kapitel 1)

Hot topics (some in English), (1998 paper, in pdf) please click on the links:

•  U-boat wireless communication organisation (Führung d. U-Boote in der Praxis)

•  HF/DF technology (Huff Duff), deployed in Britain, to counter the U-boat threat

•  Huff Duff operators contributed their wartime recollections (eye-witness)(Huff-Duff sichert Gleitzüge..)

•  Naval Enigma, how it was used  (Enigma Keywords) (Arten von U-Boot Sprüchen)      

•  Ultra and Bletchley Park, versus Enigma (Enigma Keywords) (Ultra versus Enigma)

•  Kurier and its secret fast speed transmissions (u.a. Das Kurzsignalverfahren Kurier)

•  Metox Saga (Die Metox-Affäre)

•  ONS 5, the convoy at the turning point of the Battle of the Atlantic (May 1943)(Peilungen d. HMS Pelikan)

•  U-boat radio (wireless) equipment (Die Funkausrüstung d. U-Boote)

•  Goliathsender, the giant Very Low Frequency transmitter (1 Mega Watts@VLF)

•  Conclusion, Schlußbetrachtung, reflection on Huff Duff and related subjects (Kapitel 10)

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