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Offley, Edward.

Summary: "On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun at Virginia Beach, two massive fireballs erupted just offshore from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. While men, women, and children gaped from the shore, two damaged oil tankers fell out of line and began to sink. Then a small escort warship blew apart in a violent explosion. Navy warships and aircraft...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5451 OFF

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wars Offley

Showell, Jak P. Mallmann.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sutton Pub. 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5459 SHO

Morison, Samuel Eliot

Contents: Appendix I. Losses of merchant shipping -- Appendix II. Monthly sinkings of German and Italian submarines -- Appendix III. Arming of merchant vessels -- Appendix IV. Mine fields laid by U-boats in Western Atlantic, 1942 -- Appendix V. The support force Atlantic Fleet -- Appendix VI. The Atlantic Fleet of the United States Navy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1947

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.545 MOR

Moore, Stephen L.

Summary: In 1939 off the New England coast, the submarine USS Squalus accidentally sinks to the bottom of the sea during a training exercise, killing half her crew. Coming to the rescue is the USS Sculpin, in many ways the Squalus’s twin. As their oxygen supply dwindles, the remaining crew aboard the Squalus are saved in a time-consuming, white-knuckle operation. Eventually the sunken submarine is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 MOO

Lance, Rachel

Summary: "This is a previously classified story of one group of scientific researchers-men and women-who exposed themselves to extraordinary risks to make D-Day a success"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2024

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 LAN

Jordan, David (David John)

Summary: Hitler's U-boat arm formed the backbone of the German war effort at sea. Th is study describes the evolution, design, construction, strategy and techno logy of these mighty oceanic submarines.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble Books 2002

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.5451 JOR

Paterson, Lawrence

Summary: "The first complete history of the U-boat war in its entirety, a story which began on the very first day of hostilities in 1939 and did not end until the final torpedo sinking on 7 May 1945. It details the Wehrmacht's disastrous decision to despatch Dönitz's U-boats to the Mediterranean; the actions of U-boats at the extremities of the Eastern Front, where, despite the legendary destruction of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Osprey Publishing 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 PAT

Cunningham, Chet.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.545 CUN

Ward, H. (Hubert)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1stBooks Library 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5451 WARD, HUBERT WAR

Jones, David

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 JON

Syrett, David.

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of South Carolina Press 1994

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5451 SYR

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