Turning the Tide: How a Small Band of Allied Sailors Defeated the U-boats and Won the Battle of the Atlantic - Couverture rigide

Offley, Ed

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 046501397X ISBN 13 : 9780465013975

Editeur : Basic Books, 2011

Synopsis

The United States experienced its most harrowing military disaster of World War II not in 1941 at Pearl Harbor but in the period from 1942 to 1943, in Atlantic coastal waters from Newfoundland to the Caribbean. Sinking merchant ships with impunity, German U-boats threatened the lifeline between the United States and Britain, very nearly denying the Allies their springboard onto the European Continent--a loss that would have effectively cost the Allies the war.

In Turning the Tide, author Ed Offley tells the gripping story of how, during a twelve-week period in the spring of 1943, a handful of battle-hardened American, British, and Canadian sailors turned the tide in the Atlantic. Using extensive archival research and interviews with key survivors, Offley places the reader at the heart of the most decisive maritime battle of World War II.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ed Offley has been a military reporting specialist since 1981. He has worked for five separate newspapers and online publications. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Offley served in the U.S. Navy during Vietnam. He and his wife, Karen, live in Panama City Beach, Florida.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 046501397X
• ISBN 13: 9780465013975
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 512
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