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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
Shipwreck search Shipwreck search Sally M. Walker What a discovery! Deep under the Atlantic Ocean, divers found a shipwreck like no other. It was the H. L. Hunley, a submarine that had sunk during the Civil War! A team of scientists from all over th… OL15024348W
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
Where divers dare Where divers dare Randall S. Peffer "In the tradition of Shadow Divers, this is the gripping true account of the search for German U-boat U-550, the last unfound, diveable wreck of a U-boat off the United States coast, and the battle i… OL19670534W
The burning shore The burning shore Edward Offley "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, … OL19979384W
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
Lusitania Lusitania Diana Preston "On May 7, 1915, toward tbe end of her 101st eastbound crossing, from New York to Liverpool, England, R.M.S. Lusitania - pride of the Cunard Line and one of the greatest ocean liners afloat - became … OL2098732W
Kaiten Kaiten Michael Mair,Joy Waldron "In November 1944, the U.S. Navy fleet lay at anchor in Ulithi Harbor, deep in the Pacific Ocean, when the oiler USS Mississinewa erupted in a ball of flames. Japan's secret weapon, the Kaiten--a man… OL21090591W
Conflict over the bay Conflict over the bay Norman L. R. Franks 284 pages : 24 cm OL2250035W
Raiders of the Deep Raiders of the Deep Lowell Thomas, Sr. This 1928 bestseller by the internationally renowned journalist Lowell Thomas was the first American account of German submariners to offer a sympathetic, behind-the-scenes look at the men who prowle… OL2606312W
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
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