The 20th century was not only the era of aviation, missiles and tanks, but also the century of the submarine fleet, which went through a colossal path from the first “diving barrels” to advanced combat submarines, from Hitler’s “wolf packs” to nuclear submarines with a capacity of thousands of Hiroshimas. , having revolutionized military affairs and turned into a strategic “miracle weapon” capable of winning wars, the “Kaiser’s submarine corsairs” were on the verge of victory in the First World War, the “Doenitz wolves” inflicted terrible losses on the Allies, and American submariners in the Pacific , who received the merciless order “Sink them all!”, so quickly destroyed the Japanese merchant fleet that this alone could bring the “samurai” to their knees. Further - more: with the beginning of the nuclear era, submarines overthrew His Majesty the aircraft carrier from the throne. The Lords of the Seas and to this day remain the “supreme suit” of the Navy, an integral part of the “nuclear triad”, capable of turning the entire Earth into a radioactive desert... The new work of the leading naval historian continues a series of books about the main classes of warships, begun by the bestsellers “Dueling Aircraft Carriers”, “Battleships in Battle” and “Cruisers in Battle”. For all their professionalism, these studies read like exciting adventure novels about the incredible transformations of the Navy over the centuries, not just retelling well-known facts, but allowing a new look at the past, present and future of war at sea.