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Atlantic coastal convoy defense WWII
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Battle of the Atlantic U-boats
Battle of Torpedo Junction history
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German submarine campaign America
German U-boat attacks off US coast
merchant ship sinkings 1942
North Carolina Graveyard of the Atlantic
Operation Paukenschlag 1942
U-boat war off Americas east coast
US Navy antisubmarine warfare WWII
World War II Atlantic convoy battles
WWII submarine warfare Atlantic
Product details
- ISBN 9781557503626
- Weight: 485g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jun 1996
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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-manoeuvred, they heroically battled the deadliest fleet of submarines ever launched. Never was Germany closer to winning the war.
In a moving ship-by-ship account of terror and rescue at sea, Homer Hickam chronicles a little-known saga of courage, ingenuity, and triumph in the early years of World War II. From nerve-racking sea duels to the dramatic ordeals of sailors and victims on both sides of the battle, Hickam dramatically captures a war we had to win - because this one hit terrifyingly close to home.
In a moving ship-by-ship account of terror and rescue at sea, Homer Hickam chronicles a little-known saga of courage, ingenuity, and triumph in the early years of World War II. From nerve-racking sea duels to the dramatic ordeals of sailors and victims on both sides of the battle, Hickam dramatically captures a war we had to win - because this one hit terrifyingly close to home.
Homer Hickam (also known as Homer H. Hickam, Jr.) has been a coal miner, Vietnam combat veteran, scuba instructor, NASA engineer, and now a best-selling author.Show Less
