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Book Synopsis Long Night of the Tankers by : D. H. Bercuson
Download or read book Long Night of the Tankers written by D. H. Bercuson and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On February 16th, 1942 a Nazi U-boat brazenly shelled the huge Lago oil refinery on Aruba and torpedoed the tankers Pedernales and Oranjestad, both tied up in Aruba's San Nicolas Harbour. Oranjestad was sunk and Pedernales badly damaged. The damage to the refinery was minor, but that same night other U-boats attacked and sank four more tankers in the waters between Aruba and Curaçao and Venezuela. It was the long night of the tankers and the opening salvo of a two year struggle to dominate the Caribbean Sea. In the last twelve days of February, 1942 alone the submarines sank 17 more ships, most of them tankers. Long Night of the Tankersis the story of the German effort to cut the Caribbean off from Britain, the United States andCanada and the desperate defence mounted by the Allies, along with a half dozen other Caribbean and South American nations. The loss of the oil threatened Britain's ability to wage war; the loss of the tankers almost strangled the oil supply to America's industrial north east. When even Churchill and Roosevelt began to worry about the vulnerable Caribbean, the US and its allies poured thousands of men, hundreds of aircraft and dozens of ships into the Caribbean region, organized an effective convoy system and rallied the Central and South American nations against the Germans. By mid 1944, the Caribbean had become an Allied lake and the submarine threat was defeated. But to this day, the old timers of the islands still remember the oil-soaked beaches, the explosions in the night and the bodies of dead sailors washed ashore that marked this dramatic chapter in the Second World War.
Book Synopsis Long Night of the Tankers by : David Jay Bercuson
Download or read book Long Night of the Tankers written by David Jay Bercuson and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Pershing's Tankers by : Lawrence M. Kaplan
Download or read book Pershing's Tankers written by Lawrence M. Kaplan and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2018-10-05 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Compelling . . . highly recommended to students of the Great War or of armored force development.” —The Journal of America's Military Past After the United States declared war against Germany in April 1917, the US Army established the Tank Corps to help break the deadlock of trench warfare in France. The army envisioned having a large tank force by 1919, but when the war ended in November 1918, only three tank battalions had participated in combat operations. Shortly after, Brigadier Gen. Samuel D. Rockenbach, chief of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) Tank Corps under Gen. John J. Pershing, issued a memorandum to many of his officers to write brief accounts of their experiences that would supplement official records. Their narratives varied in size, scope, and depth, and covered a range of topics, including the organizing, training, and equipping of the tank corps. For the first time since these reports were submitted, Pershing's Tankers: Personal Accounts of the AEF Tank Corps in World War I presents an unprecedented look into the experiences of soldiers in the US Army Tank Corps. The book provides fresh insight into the establishment and combat operations of the tank corps, including six personal letters written by Col. George S. Patton Jr., who commanded a tank brigade in World War I. Congressional testimony, letters, and a variety of journal, magazine, and newspaper articles in this collection provide additional context to the officers’ revealing accounts. Based on completely new sources that include official US Army personnel reports previously unknown to researchers, this illuminating work offers a vivid picture of life and activities in the US Army Tank Corps in France; a rare glimpse into the thoughts and experiences of a broad cross-section of men from the senior leadership down to the platoon level; and a behind-the-scenes look at how this first generation of “tankers” helped develop new war-fighting capabilities for the US Army.
Book Synopsis Energy in American History by : Jeffrey B. Webb
Download or read book Energy in American History written by Jeffrey B. Webb and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 1015 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contextualizes and analyzes the key energy transitions in U.S. history and the central importance of energy production and consumption on the American environment and in American culture and politics. Focusing on the major energy transitions in U.S. history, from the pre-industrial era to the present day, this two-volume encyclopedia captures the major advancements, events, technologies, and people synonymous with the production and consumption of energy in the United States. Expert contributors show how, for example, the introduction of electricity and petroleum into ordinary American life facilitated periods of rapid social and political change, as well as profound and ongoing impacts on the environment. These developments have in many ways defined and accelerated the pace of modern life and led to vast improvements in living conditions for millions of people, just as they have also brought new fears of resource exhaustion and fossil-fuel induced climate change. Today, as America begins to move beyond the use of fossil fuels toward a greater reliance on renewables, including wind and solar energy, there is a pressing need to understand energy in America's past in order to better understand its energy future.
Book Synopsis Navy Super Tankers by : Vern Bouwman
Download or read book Navy Super Tankers written by Vern Bouwman and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navy Super Takers were capable of refueling a task force for a month without being refueled themselves. A city afloat, they had every crew facility much like a carrier.
Book Synopsis Handbook on Oil and International Relations by : Dannreuther, Roland
Download or read book Handbook on Oil and International Relations written by Dannreuther, Roland and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of the multiple ways in which oil has shaped, changed and affected international relations and global politics. Theoretically innovative, it provides new insights into the interaction between the materiality of oil and its social, economic and political manifestations.
Download or read book Two Tankers Down written by Robert Frump and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008-08-03 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting account of the greatest small-boat rescue in American history.
Download or read book Tanker War written by Lee Allen Zatarain and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In May 1987 the US guided missile frigate Stark, calmly sailing the waters of the Persian Gulf, was suddenly blown apart by an Exocet missile fired from a MiG fighter in the air force of Iraq's Saddam Hussein. A fifth of the ship's crew were killed and many others horribly burned or wounded. This event junpstarted one of the most mysterious and underwritten conflicts in America's history: "The Tanker War," which was waged for control of the Mideast's oil supply"--Inside cover.
Book Synopsis Lloyd’s Register OneOcean’s Guide to Port Entry 1989-1990 Nations A-L by : Lloyd's Register Foundation
Download or read book Lloyd’s Register OneOcean’s Guide to Port Entry 1989-1990 Nations A-L written by Lloyd's Register Foundation and published by Lloyd's Register . This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 1770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1971, these Guides provide invaluable information on thousands of commercial ports and terminals across the globe. They are compiled and published annually by LR OneOcean, whose years of global maritime experience allows them to provide expert and innovative solutions that enhance efficiency, sustainability, and overall industry success. The Guides cover a significant geographical breadth, and the most recent volume includes information on over 12,500 ports, harbours and terminals worldwide. These are fully indexed and contain detailed port plans and mooring diagrams.
Book Synopsis Weapons of the Tankers by : Harry Yeide
Download or read book Weapons of the Tankers written by Harry Yeide and published by . This book was released on with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the different types of tanks used by armored battalions in the United States Army during World War II.
Book Synopsis SAC Tanker Operations in the Southeast Asia War by : Charles K. Hopkins
Download or read book SAC Tanker Operations in the Southeast Asia War written by Charles K. Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Approach written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The naval aviation safety review.
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Book Synopsis Proposed Lease of Boeing 767 Tankers by USAF by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Download or read book Proposed Lease of Boeing 767 Tankers by USAF written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tanker Pilot written by Mark Hasara and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a veteran air-refueling expert who flew missions for over two decades during the Cold War, Gulf War, and Iraq War comes a thrilling eyewitness account of modern warfare, with inspirational stories and crucial lessons for people on the battlefield, in boardrooms, and in their everyday lives. Get a glimpse of life in the pilot’s seat and experience modern air warfare directly from a true American hero. Lt. Col Mark Hasara—who has twenty-four years’ experience in flying missions around the world—provides keen and eye-opening insights on success and failure, and emphasizes the importance of always being willing to learn. He provides twelve essential lessons based on his wartime experience and his own personal photographs from his missions during the Cold War, Gulf War, and Iraq War. With a foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author and radio host Rush Limbaugh, this is a military memoir not to be missed.
Book Synopsis Flame Dragons of the Korean War by : Jerry Ravino
Download or read book Flame Dragons of the Korean War written by Jerry Ravino and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of collaboration by Jerry Ravino and Jack Carty, veterans of the Korean War with the Flame Platoon, Headquarters Company, First Tank Battalion, First Marine Division, who did not meet until almost 50 years after what went down in history as the Forgotten War. Although the two former tankers served with the Flame Platoon in different places and different times in that conflict, it is a testament to their determination to research and record a part of the war that heretofore had not been chronicled in detail. Though it has been some 50 years past the fact, this is their story -- as memory best serves them and others who helped them tell it. Learn more about the FLAME DRAGONS @ www.flamedragons.com.
Book Synopsis Lloyd’s Register OneOcean’s Guide to Port Entry 1993-94 Albania-Jordan by : Lloyd's Register Foundation
Download or read book Lloyd’s Register OneOcean’s Guide to Port Entry 1993-94 Albania-Jordan written by Lloyd's Register Foundation and published by Lloyd's Register . This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 2012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1971, these Guides provide invaluable information on thousands of commercial ports and terminals across the globe. They are compiled and published annually by LR OneOcean, whose years of global maritime experience allows them to provide expert and innovative solutions that enhance efficiency, sustainability, and overall industry success. The Guides cover a significant geographical breadth, and the most recent volume includes information on over 12,500 ports, harbours and terminals worldwide. These are fully indexed and contain detailed port plans and mooring diagrams.
Book Synopsis Marine Corps Tankers Assn by : Turner Publishing
Download or read book Marine Corps Tankers Assn written by Turner Publishing and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
