Bloody Winter Author:John M Waters, Jr. This is the chilling story of the Allies' narrowest escape from defeat in the bitter Battle of the Atlantic, where defeat would have led to he loss of World War II. The battle of the convoys extended from 1939 until 1945; its climax occurred in six months of bloody fighting in the winter and spring of 1942-43, when a valiant few fought back fr... more »om the edge of disaster to decisively crush the Wolfpacks and the Nazis' hope of victory. Bloody Winter includes vivid accounts of the day-to-day fighting as seen by an escort officer plus recollections of the U-boat men themselves, and previously unpublished material from the captured secret German archives of U-boat command.« less