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U-boats offshore U-boats offshore Edwin Palmer Hoyt We very nealy lost WWII. Not at pearl Harbor nor in the land battles of Europe, but on our own doorstep. This is the story of what happened in the early days of the war when Nazi U-boats were sent ag… OL115850W
The Sinking of the Belgrano The Sinking of the Belgrano Arthur L. Gavshon “The SINKING Of The BELGRANO” By Desmond Rice and Arthur Gavshon. Launched March 12, 1938 the USS Phoenix (CL-46) was at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The Brooklyn-class cruiser managed to get un… OL127439W
Hitler's Naval War Hitler's Naval War Cajus Bekker Bekker does a wonderful job highlighting the major surface and U-boat actions and, the somewhat lesser known actions of the German Kriegsmarine in WWII. As a intellegence officer in WWII, Bekker has … OL15409868W
Turning the tide Turning the tide Edward Offley 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… OL16114082W
War beneath the waves War beneath the waves Don Keith In November 1943, a young officer named Charlie Rush drew duty on the USS Billfish, a submarine in the Pacific. While the Billfish was on war patrol in the Makassar Strait off Borneo, a Japanese task… OL17056638W
Shadow Divers Shadow Divers Robert Kurson Shadow Divers is a riveting true adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery–and make history themselves. For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler,… OL1909529W
Operation Storm Operation Storm John J. Geoghegan Discusses the top-secret Japanese submarine project in World War II, creating submarines designed to work as underwater aircraft carriers, and the planned attack on U.S. cities that could have change… OL19663349W
Grey wolves Grey wolves Philip Kaplan "In the early years of the Second World War, the elite force of German submariners known as the Ubootwaffe came perilously close to perfecting the underwater battle tactics and successfully cutting B… OL19979396W
The Battle of the Atlantic The Battle of the Atlantic Jonathan Dimbleby Jonathan Dimbleby's The Battle of the Atlantic offers a detailed and immersive account of this campaign, placing it within the context of the war as a whole. Dimbleby delves into the politics on both… OL20023220W
The Mathews men The Mathews men William Geroux One of the last unheralded heroic stories of World War II: the U-boat assault off the American coast against the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine who were supplying the European war, and one community… OL20030160W
The Diary of a U-boat Commander The Diary of a U-boat Commander "I would ask you a favour," said the German captain, as we sat in the cabin of a U-boat which had just been added to the long line of bedraggled captives which stretched themselves for a mile or more… OL264707W
Leopoldville Leopoldville Allan Andrade On Christmas Eve 1944, the Belgium troopship Leopoldville, left the pier at Southampton, England with over 2,000 American soldiers assigned to the 66th Infantry Division and crossed the English Chann… OL2683151W
Target Tirpitz Target Tirpitz Patrick Bishop Tirpitz was the pride of Hitler's navy, the most powerful battleship in Europe. To Churchill she was "the Beast", a menace to Britain's supply lines. An "Iron Castle" that could withstand any bomb or… OL28947605W
The last battle of the Atlantic The last battle of the Atlantic Bill Palmer Out in the cold Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Rhode Island, lies the remains of what was once a feared and mighty hunter. Its's not a fish or shark, for that matter its not even a marine creature. … OL29234225W
Silent victory Silent victory Clay Blair With the content of an authoritative reference and the excitement of a thriller, this history of the U.S. submarine war is one of the most informative and entertaining books written on the Pacific ca… OL3234996W
A World War Two submarine A World War Two submarine Richard Humble,Mark Bergin Text and cutaway illustrations depict how the crew lived beneath the ocean in a submarine during World War II and how they waged war on the ships above. OL3363025W
Clear the bridge! Clear the bridge! Richard H. O'Kane The captain of a World War II submarine recounts the eventful war patrols of his ship, whose sinkings of enemy vessels ranked second among American ships. OL4638918W
Submarines in the Pacific Submarines in the Pacific G. C. Skipper Describes the role of American submarines during World War II as they patrolled the Pacific Ocean in deadly wolf packs. OL5592698W
Pride runs deep Pride runs deep R. Cameron Cooke Shattered by the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, the U.S. is rebuilding its fleet while the badly damaged Submarine Division Seven holds the line against the Japanese Navy. The loss of even one more… OL5887265W
Undersea raiders Undersea raiders Milton J. Shapiro Accounts of actual submarine adventures during World War II. OL6322951W
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