U-Boats off the Outer Banks
Author | : Jim Bunch |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2017-07-10 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781439661734 |
ISBN-10 | : 1439661731 |
Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Download or read book U-Boats off the Outer Banks written by Jim Bunch and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.