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21) The U-boats
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Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1979
Language
English
Description
Discusses the German Navy submarines during the World Wars, the operations, campaigns, battles, and the lives of the crewman.
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Examines the facts of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, and provides a new critical analysis and conclusionsWithin hours of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania by a submarine off the Cork coast in May 1915, a narrative was created and over time, emerged as the "truth" of the incident. Throughout the world many people still today perceive the sinking of the Lusitania was a savage attack on an innocent vessel that brought America into the war. In his new...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The Knight's Cross (Ritterkreuz) was one of the highest decorations given for extreme acts of valor to all ranks of the German armed forces during the Second World War. Few awards captured the respect and admiration of the German public as the Knight's Cross - it was the greatest honor one could achieve. In the perilous and close-knit world of the U-boat crews the award of the decoration to their captain was an event of particular pride and sometimes...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Although only 23 years old at the time of publication, Theodore Roosevelt made his mark as a military scholar with this detailed analysis of naval combat between the United States and Great Britain from 1812--15. Engagingly written and comprehensively researched, The Naval War of 1812 exercised considerable influence on the formation of the modern American Navy and remains a cornerstone work in its field. Drawing upon official documents, letters,...
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Language
English
Description
“A definitive introduction by a highly recognized authority who writes beautifully and clearly.” —Naval Historical Foundation
The fact that German submarines almost managed to cut off Britain’s vital imports during the First World War hadn’t been forgotten by Hitler—and when, in 1935, he repudiated the Treaty of Versailles, Britain, magnanimously, signed an Anglo-German Naval Agreement. This allowed the Germans
...The fact that German submarines almost managed to cut off Britain’s vital imports during the First World War hadn’t been forgotten by Hitler—and when, in 1935, he repudiated the Treaty of Versailles, Britain, magnanimously, signed an Anglo-German Naval Agreement. This allowed the Germans
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The full story of one of the greatest Allied shipping losses of World War II For the first time, this book describes how U-482 managed to slip undetected into the busy shipping lanes of the North Channel and carry out the last great U-boat patrol of the war. In the autumn of 1944 World War II was coming to an end, and the U-boats in the Atlantic had been beaten back through a massive program of Allied shipbuilding combined with tactical, technological,...
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Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"A historic account of the US Navy's cramped, outdated submarine that was forced to remain in service during World War II. Constructed in 1923, the American submarine S39 was practically an antique when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor in 1941. With defective torpedoes, a semi-trained crew, and a primitive ventilation system (hence the nickname), she nevertheless sank two enemy vessels and eluded pursuit to fight again in the Solomons. This is the...
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Series
Publisher
Lucknow Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Hitler's U-Boats-German submarine aces tell their own stories of war and death under the sea. THEY LIVE WITH DEATH The silent death they deal to the ships above them...and the dark death that waits for them in the depths of the sea. These authentic reports by the top U-Boat commanders of World War II tell the vivid story of the terrors and triumphs of the war under the waves-its heroics and horrors, and the final defeat of Germany's most effective...
32) Midway
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2001, c1976
Language
English
Description
The leaders of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific prepare for and fight the pivotal Battle of Midway in 1942.
Series
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Dispatches in this volume include those relating to the sinking of the German battleship Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate in 1939, the loss of the battleships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse in the Far East, the sinking of the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst in 1943, the attack on Tirpitz by midget submarines, the contribution by British Pacific Fleet to the assault on Okinawa in 1945 (which included four Royal Navy battleships),...
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English
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"The hunting down and sinking of the magnificent German battle cruiser Scharnhorst was one of the epic actions of World War II . . stirring" ( Work Boat ). On December 25, 1943, the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst slipped out of Altenfjord in Norway to attack Arctic convoy JW55B which was carrying vital war supplies to the Soviet Union. But British naval intelligence knew of the Scharnhorst 's mission before she sailed, and the vulnerable convoy...
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English
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Description
McPherson recounts how the Union navy's blockade of the Confederate coast, leaky as a sieve in the war's early months, became increasingly effective as it choked off vital imports and exports. Meanwhile, the Confederate navy, dwarfed by its giant adversary, demonstrated daring and military innovation.
Author
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"The realities of WWII underwater warfare come to life in this chronicle of a submarine sunk in the Philippines -- and the remarkable sailors who survived. The fate of the USS Flier is one of the most astonishing stories of the Second World War. On August 13, 1944, the submarine struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Sulu Sea in less than one minute, leaving only fourteen of its crew of eighty-six hands alive. After enduring eighteen hours in...
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