The Burning Shore [electronic resource] : How Hitler's U-Boats Brought World War II to America
Offley, Ed2014
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On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun on Virginia Beach, a massive fireball erupted from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. By the next day, three ships lay at the bottom of the channel, victims of Lieutenant-Commander Horst Degen and his crew on the German submarine U-701. In The Burning Shore, acclaimed military reporter Ed Offley presents a thrilling account of Degen's rampage along the American coast and of US Lieutenant Harry J. Kane's quest to bring him down. Since the beginning of 1942, German U-boats had prowled the waters of the Atlantic, sinking merchant ships and threatening to sever the lifeline of supplies flowing from the United States to Great Britain. But when Kane and his crew spotted the silhouette of U-701 offshore that summer, the ensuing clash signaled a critical turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic—and the beginning of an unlikely friendship between the two rival commanders. A gripping tale of heroism and sacrifice, The Burning Shore describes how a small band of mariners and aviators drove Hitler's wolf packs from America's home waters.
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Author:
Offley, Ed, AuthorDean, Robertson, Narrator
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Blackstone Publishing, 2014
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Ed Offley, a
seasoned military reporter and Pulitzer Prize nominee, is the author of Scorpion Down and Turning the Tide. He has written about aspects of the Scorpion
story for leading military journals and is the acknowledged expert on the
topic. Offley has appeared on numerous television and radio shows to discuss
military and defense issues and has covered military operations and exercises
in eighteen countries. He served in the US Navy in Vietnam and lives in Panama
City Beach, Florida.
ISBN:
9781482964523
Language:
English
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BRN:
2767656
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