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2004.
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English
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In 1991, acting on a tip from a local fisherman, two scuba divers discovered a sunken German U-boat–complete with its crew of 60 men–not too far off the New Jersey coast. The divers, realizing the momentousness of their discovery, began probing the mystery. Over the next six years, they became expert and well-traveled researchers, taught themselves German, hunted for clues in Germany, and constructed theories corrective of the history...
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A Washington Post Notable Book
In March 1941, after a year of devastating U-boat attacks, the British War Cabinet turned to an intensely private, bohemian physicist named Patrick Blackett to turn the tide of the naval campaign. Though he is little remembered today, Blackett did as much as anyone to defeat Nazi Germany, by revolutionizing the Allied anti-submarine effort through the disciplined, systematic implementation of
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English
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From the national bestselling author of Final Patrol comes a gripping story of heroism under the sea.
In November 1943, while on war patrol in the Makassar Strait, the USS Billfish submarine was spotted by the Japanese, who launched a vicious depth charge attack. Explosions wracked the sub for fifteen straight hours. With his senior officers incapacitated, diving officer Charlie Rush boldly assumed command and led...
In November 1943, while on war patrol in the Makassar Strait, the USS Billfish submarine was spotted by the Japanese, who launched a vicious depth charge attack. Explosions wracked the sub for fifteen straight hours. With his senior officers incapacitated, diving officer Charlie Rush boldly assumed command and led...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"The triumphant true story of the young women who helped to devise the winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic." -- From book jacket.
"By 1941, Winston Churchill had come to believe that the outcome of World War II rested on the battle for the Atlantic. A grand strategy game was devised by Captain Gilbert Roberts and a group of ten Wrens (members of the Women's Royal Naval Service)...
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Zenith Press, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"World War II at Sea retells the naval history of the Second World War, covering everything from submarine warfare in the Atlantic to major operations in the Pacific. It features dozens of eye-catching naval photographs drawn from archives compiled by all the major fighting powers"--Page 4 of cover.
11) Unrestricted warfare: how a new breed of officers led the submarine force to victory in World War II
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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
DeRose chronicles the evolution of Aemrican submarine tactics from evasion to engagement as begun by Dudley "Mush" Morton aboard the "Wahoo" and continued by officers who apprenticed under him.
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Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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A unique perspective of the global history of U-boats during the entirety of the Second World War by Lawrence Paterson, one of the world's leading U-boat experts. The accepted historical narrative of the Second World War predominantly assigns U-boats to the so-called "Battle of the Atlantic," almost as if the struggle over convoys between the new world and the old can be viewed in isolation from simultaneous events on land and in the air. This has...
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English
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One of the last unheralded heroic stories of World War II: the U-boat assault off the American coast against the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine who were supplying the European war, and one community's monumental contribution to that effort.
One of the indelible images of World War II is of an explosion at sea--a U-boat attack, a ship in flames, and an ocean full of men swimming for their lives. The Mathews Men tells the story of what it was like...
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Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
c2014.
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English
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"On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun at Virginia Beach, two massive fireballs erupted just offshore from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. While men, women, and children gaped from the shore, two damaged oil tankers fell out of line and began to sink. Then a small escort warship blew apart in a violent explosion. Navy warships and aircraft peppered the water with depth charges, but to no avail. Within...
20) The bravest man: the story of Richard O'Kane and the amazing submarine adventures of the USS Tang
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and naval career of Congressional Medal of Honor winner Captain Richard O'Kane and the patrols of United States submarines in the Pacific theater during World War II.
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