Phantom fleet : the hunt for Nazi submarine U-505 and World War II's most daring heist

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"Shortly before noon on June 4, 1944, the sonar operator on a US destroyer prowling off the coast of West Africa heard a metallic ping. The sound could only mean one thing: the German U-boat that their hunter-killer group had been tracking, U-505, was lurking somewhere in the darkness beneath them. What unfolded in the next twenty minutes would make history: amidst a frenzy of depth charge explosions and machinegun fire, American sailors would bo...

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Germany. Kriegsmarine History World War, 1939-1945

Submarines (Ships) Germany History 20th century

U-505 (Submarine)

United States. Navy History World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Atlantic Ocean

World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations Submarine

World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American

World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, German

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ISBN:

9780316564472
0316564478

Edition:

First edition

Description:

342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Control Number:

3377314

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