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Torpedo Junction : U-Boat War Off America's East Coast, 1942

By Jr , Homer; Hickam

Book information

Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Year
2014
ISBN
978-1-61251-578-6, 1612515789
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
6 MB (6724614 bytes)
Pages
393\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- North Atlantic Ocean.;At1939-1945 -- Naval operations1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.;WorldGerman.;HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.;Military camNaval -- Submarine.;North Atlantic Ocean.;United SWorld War

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Slaughter at sea?just miles from U.S. soil!In 1942 German U-boats turned the shipping lanes off Cape Hatteras into a sea of death. Cruising up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard, they sank 259 ships, littering the waters with cargo and bodies. As astonished civilians witnessed explosions from American beaches, fighting men dubbed the area ""Torpedo Junction."" And while the U.S. Navy failed to react, a handful of Coast Guard sailors scrambled to the front lines. Outgunned and out-maneuvered, they heroically battled the deadliest fleet of submarines ever launched. Never was Germany. Read more... Abstract: Slaughter at sea?just miles from U.S. soil!In 1942 German U-boats turned the shipping lanes off Cape Hatteras into a sea of death. Cruising up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard, they sank 259 ships, littering the waters with cargo and bodies. As astonished civilians witnessed explosions from American beaches, fighting men dubbed the area ""Torpedo Junction."" And while the U.S. Navy failed to react, a handful of Coast Guard sailors scrambled to the front lines. Outgunned and out-maneuvered, they heroically battled the deadliest fleet of submarines ever launched. Never was Germany

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