The Resource The burning shore : how Hitler's U-boats brought World War II to America, Ed Offley
The burning shore : how Hitler's U-boats brought World War II to America, Ed Offley
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- Summary
- "On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun at Virginia Beach, two massive fireballs erupted just offshore from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. While men, women, and children gaped from the shore, two damaged oil tankers fell out of line and began to sink. Then a small escort warship blew apart in a violent explosion. Navy warships and aircraft peppered the water with depth charges, but to no avail. Within the next twenty-four hours, a fourth ship lay at the bottom of the channel--all victims of twenty-nine-year-old Kapitanleutnant Horst Degen and his crew aboard the German U-boat U-701. In The Burning Shore, acclaimed military reporter Ed Offley presents a thrilling account of the bloody U-boat offensive along America's East Coast during the first half of 1942, using the story of Degen's three war patrols as a lens through which to view this forgotten chapter of World War II. For six months, German U-boats prowled the waters off the Eastern Seaboard, sinking merchant ships with impunity, and threatening to sever the lifeline of supplies flowing from America to Great Britain. Degen's successful infiltration of the Chesapeake Bay in mid-June drove home the U-boats' success, and his spectacular attack terrified the American public as never before. But Degen's cruise was interrupted less than a month later, when U.S. Army Air Forces Lieutenant Harry J. Kane and his aircrew spotted the silhouette of U-701 offshore. The ensuing clash signaled a critical turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic--and set the stage for an unlikely friendship between two of the episode's survivors. A gripping tale of heroism and sacrifice, The Burning Shore leads readers into a little-known theater of World War II, where Hitler's U-boats came close to winning the Battle of the Atlantic before American sailors and airmen could finally drive them away"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 312 pages
- Contents
-
- The battle offshore
- Preparing to fight
- The gathering storm
- First moves
- War in the ether
- Operation Drumbeat
- Horrific losses
- Paranoia
- Unprepared defenders
- To America, with mines
- The War comes home
- Hunter and hunted
- The ordeal
- Isbn
- 9780465029617
- Label
- The burning shore : how Hitler's U-boats brought World War II to America
- Title
- The burning shore
- Title remainder
- how Hitler's U-boats brought World War II to America
- Statement of responsibility
- Ed Offley
- Subject
-
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German
- Submarines (Ships) -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
- Submarines (Ships) -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Atlantic Ocean
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
- Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History, Naval -- 20th century
- bt/skg
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations | Submarine
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun at Virginia Beach, two massive fireballs erupted just offshore from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. While men, women, and children gaped from the shore, two damaged oil tankers fell out of line and began to sink. Then a small escort warship blew apart in a violent explosion. Navy warships and aircraft peppered the water with depth charges, but to no avail. Within the next twenty-four hours, a fourth ship lay at the bottom of the channel--all victims of twenty-nine-year-old Kapitanleutnant Horst Degen and his crew aboard the German U-boat U-701. In The Burning Shore, acclaimed military reporter Ed Offley presents a thrilling account of the bloody U-boat offensive along America's East Coast during the first half of 1942, using the story of Degen's three war patrols as a lens through which to view this forgotten chapter of World War II. For six months, German U-boats prowled the waters off the Eastern Seaboard, sinking merchant ships with impunity, and threatening to sever the lifeline of supplies flowing from America to Great Britain. Degen's successful infiltration of the Chesapeake Bay in mid-June drove home the U-boats' success, and his spectacular attack terrified the American public as never before. But Degen's cruise was interrupted less than a month later, when U.S. Army Air Forces Lieutenant Harry J. Kane and his aircrew spotted the silhouette of U-701 offshore. The ensuing clash signaled a critical turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic--and set the stage for an unlikely friendship between two of the episode's survivors. A gripping tale of heroism and sacrifice, The Burning Shore leads readers into a little-known theater of World War II, where Hitler's U-boats came close to winning the Battle of the Atlantic before American sailors and airmen could finally drive them away"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Offley, Edward
- Dewey number
- 940.54/51
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D781
- LC item number
- .O44 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Submarines (Ships)
- Submarines (Ships)
- Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
- Label
- The burning shore : how Hitler's U-boats brought World War II to America, Ed Offley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-296) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The battle offshore -- Preparing to fight -- The gathering storm -- First moves -- War in the ether -- Operation Drumbeat -- Horrific losses -- Paranoia -- Unprepared defenders -- To America, with mines -- The War comes home -- Hunter and hunted -- The ordeal
- Control code
- ocn853310544
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- viii, 312 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465029617
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013038412
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)853310544
- Label
- The burning shore : how Hitler's U-boats brought World War II to America, Ed Offley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-296) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The battle offshore -- Preparing to fight -- The gathering storm -- First moves -- War in the ether -- Operation Drumbeat -- Horrific losses -- Paranoia -- Unprepared defenders -- To America, with mines -- The War comes home -- Hunter and hunted -- The ordeal
- Control code
- ocn853310544
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- viii, 312 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465029617
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013038412
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)853310544
Subject
- Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History, Naval -- 20th century
- Submarines (Ships) -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
- Submarines (Ships) -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Atlantic Ocean
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations | Submarine
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German
- bt/skg
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