Turning the tide
Subtitle: how a small band of Allied sailors defeated the U-boats and won the Battle of the Atlantic
By: Ed Offley
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9780465013975; 9780465023448
Subjects: Campaigns; Submarine; Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945
Description: 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 Caribbean. Sinking merchant ships with impunity, German U-boats threatened the lifeline between the United States and Britain, very nearly denying the Allies their springboard onto the European continent--a loss that would have effectively cost the Allies the war. Here, military journalist Ed Offley tells 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 decisive maritime battle of World War II.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 452-459) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : A fight in the dark; title: A city at war; title: The adversaries; title: Movement to contact; title: The U-boat; title: The sighting; title: The battle of St. Patrick's Day; title: The crisis; title: The allies fight back; title: The first skirmishes; title: The melee at 55 North 042 West; title: Battle in the fog; title: Defeat of the U-boats; title: Epilogue; title: Appendixes.; title: Critical convoy ships, March-May 1943; title: North Atlantic convoys at sea, March 1-May 24, 1943; title: German U-boats of World War II; title: Escort warships; title: Equivalent World War II naval officer ranks