Ebook: Torpedo Junction : U-Boat War Off America's East Coast, 1942
- Tags: World War 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine., World War 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- North Atlantic Ocean., Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History., Gulf Coast (U.S.) -- History., World War 1939-1945 -- Naval operations German., HISTORY -- Europe -- Western., Military campaigns., Military operations Naval -- Submarine., North Atlantic Ocean., United States -- Atlantic Coast., United States -- Gulf Coast.
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- City: Ne
- Language: English
- epub
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 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