U-Boats Off the Outer Banks: Shadows in the Moonlight
Jim Bunch$20.39
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From January to July 1942, more than seventy-five ships sank to North Carolina's "Graveyard of the Atlantic" off the coast of the Outer Banks. A Standard oil tanker sank just sixty miles from Cape Hatteras.
German U-boats sank ships in some of the most harrowing sea fighting close to America's shore. Germany's Operation Drumbeat, led by Admiral Karl Donitz, brought fear to the local communities. The U-85 was the first U-boat sunk by American surface forces, and local divers later discovered a rare Enigma machine aboard. Author Jim Bunch traces the destructive history of world war on the shores of the Outer Banks.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: History Press
Published: 07/10/2017
ISBN: 9781467137676
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d