U-Boat Assault on America: Why the U.S. Was Unprepared for War in the Atlantic Tapa dura - 2017

Naval Institute Press. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

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Seaforth Publishing. New in New dust jacket. 2017. Hardcover. New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £25.00.; Operation Paukenschlag, or Drumbeat - the phase of the battle of the Atlantic in the first half of 1942 when German U-boats attacked merchant ships and US naval vessels along the American East Coast. Illustrated; +xvpp. ; 208 pages .

Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing, 2017. The Second Happy Time was the informal name given to that phase of the battle of the Atlantic when German U-boats attacked both merchant and US naval vessels along the American East Coat with impunity and inflicted massive losses. With tankers burning and petrol rationing in New York City, the US Navy seemed powerless to stop the deprivations of Hitlers marauding U-boats. Some referred to this episode as Americas second Pearl Harbor. This new book seeks to explain how America responded to these deadly assaults and looks at the steps that the Navy Department took to train the men, harness the scientists and make the organisational changes that were required to defeat the German threat. A major focus will be on how the naval bureaucracy evolved in the face of the stresses of war. As well as looking at the ships and men who fought the battles at sea, the author explains the significance of the port of New York and its vulnerability to sabotage by pro-Nazi elements; he… Leer más

Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing, 2017. 208 pages + xv prelims. 12 pages of b/w photographs. Dark blue boards in jacket. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 24 Cm x 16 Cm.

Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing, 2017. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.208.previous owners bookplate on verso of front cover

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