{"product_id":"imprisoned-in-the-caribbean-the-1942-german-u-boat-blockade-9781491752708","title":"Imprisoned in the Caribbean: The 1942 German U-boat Blockade","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinston Churchill recognized in his memoirs: ?The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis fears would be realized in the Caribbean: By the end of the war, the Germans had sunk four hundred merchant ships in the Caribbean while only losing seventeen U-boats in what was called Operation Neuland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBegun in 1942, the campaign sought to cut the supply lines from the Caribbean to the Allies with the intention of strangling their import-based economies. Colonies of various empires would be left to fend for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr. Ligia T. Domenech explores how the campaign hurt the people of the Caribbean, focusing on her native Puerto Rico. Learn about the principal targets of the German U-boats in the Caribbean, the United States? reaction to Operation Neuland, the shortage of essential goods, new industries that developed during the war period, and the blockade's long-lasting effects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo this day, the public and even most historians don't know about the blockade's devastating effects and what it meant to be \u003ci\u003eImprisoned in the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781491752708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d","brand":"Ligia T. Domenech","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41229450379445,"sku":"9781491752708","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_da388b11-bc6f-4dcb-bd03-92931d4a7dec.jpg?v=1634040752","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/imprisoned-in-the-caribbean-the-1942-german-u-boat-blockade-9781491752708","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}