Operation Alacrity
Subtitle: the Azores and the war in the Atlantic
By: Norman Herz.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Portugal.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Azores.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Atlantic Ocean.; Military bases -- Azores.; Azores -- Strategic aspects.; Azores -- History, Military -- 20th century.; Portugal -- Foreign relations -- United States.; Portugal -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Portugal.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Portugal.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-360) and index.
Table of contents: title: The black hole in the Atlantic; title: The war begins: Portugal offers succor, 1930-1940; title: The view from Washington, January-May, 1941; title: The United States goes to war, May-December, 1941; title: The U-boats' happy war, 1942; title: The Trident Conference, January-July, 1943; title: Churchill lowers the boom, June-September, 1943; title: The British arrive, September-October, 1943; title: Sailing orders, November-December, 1943; title: Almost war with Portugal, January-March, 1944; title: Negotiating Santa Maria, April-July, 1944; title: Pan Am goes to Santa Maria, August-December, 1944; title: Allied victory and beyond, 1945.