Turning the tide : how a small band of Allied sailors defeated the U-boats and won the Battle of the Atlantic / Ed Offley.

"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...

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Main Author: Offley, Edward
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books/Perseus Books Group, [2011], ©2011.
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Physical Description:xxviii, 478 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Introduction : a fight in the dark -- A city at war -- The adversaries -- Movement to contact -- The U-boat -- The battle of the codes -- The sighting -- The battle of St. Patrick's Day -- Heavy losses -- Crisis in the North Atlantic -- The Allies fight back -- The first skirmishes -- The Mêlée at 55 North 042 West -- Battle in the fog -- Defeat of the U-boats. 
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