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Author : Roy Stokes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book U-boat Alley written by Roy Stokes and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jak P. Mallmann Showell
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Swastikas in the Arctic written by Jak P. Mallmann Showell and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael L. Hadley
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773508019
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (8 download)
Download or read book U-Boats Against Canada written by Michael L. Hadley and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1990-07 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U-boats constituted a serious threat to North American security and a major challenge to coastal and convoy defence. Hadley reveals the military and political impact on Canada of in-shore submarine warfare and vibrantly documents the successful German strategy of deploying daring long-range solo sorties to pin down the enemy close to home.
Author : Tony Bridgland
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783379383
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (833 download)
Download or read book Outrage at Sea written by Tony Bridgland and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2002-01-22 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This, the follow-up to Naval Atrocities in World War 2, is an anthology of shameful incidents at sea, causing outrage on both sides. The sinking of the Lusitania was the trigger of these events, which were played out, at least initially, while an anguished and undecided America looked on. Later in the War, the Hospital Ships, carrying wounded troops home from the theatres of war, became controversial targets for U-Boats. The treatment of U-Boat crews by Allied navies was itself at times hugely controversial. At the end of it all, the world's first ever War Crimes Trials were held at Leipzig in farcical conditions.
Author : Roy Stokes
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445653346
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Between the Tides written by Roy Stokes and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roy Stokes explores the history of famous shipwrecks of the Irish Coast.
Author : William Geroux
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593511379
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (935 download)
Download or read book The Ghost Ships of Archangel written by William Geroux and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary story of survival and alliance during World War II: the icy journey of four Allied ships crossing the Arctic to deliver much needed supplies to the Soviet war effort. On the fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships traversing the Arctic split from their decimated convoy to head further north into the ice field of the North Pole. They were seeking safety from Nazi bombers and U-boats in the perilous white maze of ice floes, growlers, and giant bergs. Despite the many risks of their chosen route, the four vessels had a better chance of reaching their destination than the rest of the remains of convoy PQ-17. The convoy had started as a fleet of thirty-five cargo ships carrying $1 billion worth of war supplies to the Soviet port of Archangel--the only help Roosevelt and Churchill had extended to Joseph Stalin to maintain their fragile alliance against Germany. At the most dangerous point of the voyage, the ships had received a startling order to scatter and had quickly become easy prey for the Nazis. The crews of the four ships focused on their mission. U.S. Navy Ensign Howard Carraway, aboard the SS Troubadour, was a farm boy from South Carolina and one of the many Americans for whom the convoy was a first taste of war; from the Royal Navy Reserve, Lt. Leo Gradwell was given command of the HMT Ayrshire, a British fishing trawler that had been converted into an antisubmarine vessel. The twenty-four-hour Arctic daylight in midsummer gave them no respite from bombers or submarines, and they all feared the giant German battleship Tirpitz, nicknamed the "Big Bad Wolf." Icebergs were as dangerous as Nazis as the remnants of convoy PQ-17 tried to slip through the Arctic to deliver their cargo in one of the most dramatic escapes of World War II. At Archangel they found a traumatized, starving city, and a disturbing preview of the Cold War ahead.
Author : John Schneider
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439670625
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book A Historical Journey Across Raritan Bay written by John Schneider and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historic Raritan Bay stretches from Staten Island to Sandy Hook, including the beach communities of Monmouth County. With its proximity to New York City and Jersey shore attractions, the bay region has been the setting for compelling moments throughout American history. The native Lenapes harvested oysters and fished the waters along the bayshore generations before Dutch and English colonists reached their coasts. Local slave Titus Cornelius, or Colonel Tye, escaped from bondage and led Loyalist forces in raids to destabilize the area during the Revolutionary War. Steamships traversed the bay carrying hordes of vacationers from New York to newly established resorts along the "Riviera of New Jersey" in the early twentieth century. Climb aboard as author John Schneider takes readers on a historical journey across Raritan Bay.
Author : Terence Robertson
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 1783469684
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)
Download or read book The Golden Horseshoe written by Terence Robertson and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2011-07-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary U-boat ace Otto Kretschmer was branded 'the wolf of the Atlantic', and for good reason. In his dramatic wartime career he sank ship after ship, sowing terror among Allied convoys and dismay in those charged with their protection. Kretschmer was a daring officer who favoured bringing his U-boat into the heart of the convoy and destroying it from within. He earned himself a tremendous reputation before his capture in March 1941, and The Golden Horseshoe makes it clear why. Terence Robertson’s biography of the U-boat ace draws upon first-hand experience of conditions and the deadly game as the hunter sought to outfox the hunted. He paints a masterly portrait of life at sea and weaves in the fascinating story of Kretschmer and the exploits of his U-Boats. Kretschmer was eventually captured and interviewed by Captain McIntyre of HMS Walker, an episode which is also recounted in this book. Otto Kretschmer became a prisoner of war in March 1941 and spent most of the rest of the war in Bowmanville camp, Canada, before his release in 1947.
Author : Robert John Bullock
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1622125827
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (221 download)
Download or read book Jacob's War written by Robert John Bullock and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel for older children and teenagers highlights the panic the British nation felt in spring 1940, when Hitler's army poised for invasion only a few miles away in Calais, the RAF is stretched to the limit, and cities are bombed and burned to the ground. As the plight of children evacuated from Germany is at stake, and desperate refugees are fleeing tyranny, read of the hope and adventure of two teenage boys, one a displaced American and the other a happy-go-lucky Yorkshire lad. Based on true stories and personal accounts, this research project supported by Arts Council England finally tells the story of one of Britain's wartime secrets. When top U.S. scientist Carl Becker moves his family to Britain in May 1940 to work on the new RADAR system, all their lives change forever. While Carl is visiting the Ministry of War, police call at his mother's house to arrest her, his wife, his ten-year-old daughter, and twelve-year-old son, Jacob, sending them to camps on the Isle of Man. All because Carl's mum was born in Germany. As Carl struggles to find them, Jacob is split from the family because he looks older. Jacob is transported with a Yorkshire boy, whose father is German, to a brutal men's internment camp on the island, where Jacob's War starts. Jacob is imprisoned with violent Nazi supporters, witnesses terrible things, and is shipped to Canada on a vessel that is torpedoed. He is shipwrecked and rescued by the U.S. Navy. While the British seem unconcerned, in America, his story goes all the way to President Roosevelt!
Author : Liam Gaul
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750986638
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Wings Over Wexford written by Liam Gaul and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1918, during the final year of the First World War, the USN had a force of over 400 sailors and 22 officers and 4 Curtiss H16 seaplanes based in at Ferrybank, Wexford. The base was a veritable village with accommodation, hospital, medics, post office, YMCA Hall, radio towers, electricity generating plant and very large aircraft hangers. Although only operational for a limited period, its impact on the town of Wexford was considerable and its achievements in the global conflict were significant, protecting shipping, both naval and commercial, from the German u-boats. To mark the impending 100-year anniversary of this base, this book by local historian Liam Gaul recalls this often-overlooked aspect of Ireland's involvement in the First World War.
Author : Morris Beckman
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 075247278X
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book Flying the Red Duster written by Morris Beckman and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-21 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in 1940, Britain was at her most vulnerable. France had capitulated and the Germans had control of ports from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. Nazi U-boats were at Britain's doorstep, and in that year alone they sunk 204 ships, a gross tonnage of 2,435,667. Britain stood alone against Germany and a vital lifeline was the supplies carried by the civilian Merchant Navy, defended only by the thinly stretched Royal Navy. Winston Churchill conceded that his greatest fear was the slaughter of merchant seaman, who worked in harsh conditions, were often poorly fed, and were always at the mercy of the Kriegsmarine. In Flying the Red Duster, Morris Beckman tells the story of his experiences as a merchant seaman during the Battle of the Atlantic, part of the civilian force which enabled Britain to avoid capitulation to Nazi Germany. Based on his wartime diary - the unique document now held at the Imperial War Museum - this work allows the reader unique access to a time which is fast slipping from living memory.
Author : Paul Curtis
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750992743
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book High Tea on the Cunard Queens written by Paul Curtis and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2019-08-12 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This amusing insight into Cunard's legendary liners begins more than fifty years ago when Paul Curtis joined the original Queen Mary as entertainments officer. Over a Cunard high tea in the Queens Room, Paul recounts the stories of these iconic ships. Then, over a drink in the Red Lion, he shares the tales of the antics of both passengers and crews. The facts are delivered in vivid detail – some of them things you should know and an occasional peep at things you shouldn't. Simply turning these pages releases a sniff of the sea and a whiff of champagne. Paul has worked, travelled upon or photographed every Cunard Queen ever built. He has an offbeat sense of humour and a keen appetite for the ridiculous. A life at sea can do that to you.
Author : Ian Graham
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 1410939103
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Military and Government Technology written by Ian Graham and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes failed projects and inventions in transportation, military and government technology, medicine, gadgets, the environment, buildings, and structures; and examines what was learned from each.
Author : Brian Izzard
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445676494
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Glory and Dishonour written by Brian Izzard and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The flawed characters of 27 men who were awarded the world’s most prestigious bravery award, some of whom ended up in prison or were shunned by officialdom and a once adoring public.
Author : William Stevenson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762787376
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)
Download or read book Past to Present written by William Stevenson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Stevenson may be best known for his friendship with and books about another William Stephenson, otherwise known as Intrepid, whose spy network and secret diplomacy changed the course of history. Originally published in 1976, A Man Called Intrepid sold over 2 million copies and quickly became a New York Timesbestseller. However, readers will be just as fascinated by his life’s story and adventures. Stevenson chronicles the major events of his life, beginning with his daring and dangerous time as a naval pilot during WWII flying a multitude of legendary aircraft—Stringbag, Tiger Moth, Seafire, Hellcats—and learning various maneuvers in the skies enroute to Russia, over England, Canada, Scotland, and the Pacific. After the war, still yearning for adventure, he returns to Canada to write for The Toronto Daily Star, where he again meets William Stephenson (aka Intrepid) on assignment and develops a lifelong friendship. Stevenson travels the globe, visiting Hong Kong, Delhi, Kashmir, Kenya, Kuala Lumpur, Moscow, Thailand, and many other exotic locals, where he meets iconic figures, such as Ian Fleming, Prime Minister Nehru, Ho Chi Minh, Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Tse-tung, Zhou Enlai, Tito, Khrushchev, and the King of Thailand among others. Privy to confidential information, full of international intrigue, Stevenson is a living embodiment of modern history. Past to Present, with story after amazing story to tell, will leave the reader breathless.
Author : Ken Cuthbertson
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 1443450278
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)
Download or read book The Halifax Explosion written by Ken Cuthbertson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 6, 1917, the French munitions ship Mont Blanc and the Norwegian war-relief vessel Imo collided in the harbour at Halifax, Nova Scotia. That accident sparked a fire and an apocalyptic explosion that was the largest man-made blast prior to the 1945 dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Together with the killer tsunami that followed, the explosion devastated the entire city in the wink of an eye and instantly killed more than two thousand people. While much has been written about the disaster, there is still more to the story, including the investigation of the key figures involved, the histories of the ships that collided and the confluence of circumstances that brought these two vessels together to touch off one of the most tragic man-made disasters of the twentieth century. The Halifax Explosion is a fresh, revealing account that finally answers questions that have lingered for a century: Was the explosion a disaster triggered by simple human error? Was it caused by the negligence of the ships’ pilots or captains? Was it the result of shortcomings in harbour practices and protocols? Or was the blast—as many people at the time insisted—the result of sabotage carried out by wartime German agents? December 6, 2017, marks the centennial of the great Halifax explosion. The Halifax Explosion tells the gripping, as-yet untold story of Canada’s worst disaster—a haunting tale of survival, incredible courage and, ultimately, the triumph of the human spirit.
Author : Homer H Hickam
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612515789
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Torpedo Junction written by Homer H Hickam and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1996-05-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1942 German U-boats turned the shipping lanes off Cape Hatteras into a sea of death. Cruising up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard, they sank 259 ships, littering the waters with cargo and bodies. As astonished civilians witnessed explosions from American beaches, fighting men dubbed the area "Torpedo Junction." And while the U.S. Navy failed to react, a handful of Coast Guard sailors scrambled to the front lines. Outgunned and out-maneuvered, they heroically battled the deadliest fleet of submarines ever launched. Never was Germany closer to winning the war. In a moving ship-by-ship account of terror and rescue at sea, Homer Hickam chronicles a little-known saga of courage, ingenuity, and triumph in the early years of World War II. From nerve-racking sea duels to the dramatic ordeals of sailors and victims on both sides of the battle, Hickam dramatically captures a war we had to win--because this one hit terrifyingly close to home.
