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U-Boat Assault on America: Why the U.S. Was Unprepared for War in the Atlantic
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U-Boat Assault on America: Why the U.S. Was Unprepared for War in the Atlantic Hardcover - 2017

by Ken Brown


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The "Second Happy Time" was the informal name given to the phase of the battle of the Atlantic when German U-boats attacked both merchant and U.S. naval vessels along America's east coast. With tankers burning and petrol rationing in New York City, the U.S. Navy seemed powerless to stop the deprivations of Hitler's marauding U-boats. Ken Brown seeks to explain how the United States responded to these deadly assaults and looks at the steps that the Navy Department took to train the men, harness the scientists, and make the organizational changes that were required to defeat the German threat.

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  • Title U-Boat Assault on America: Why the U.S. Was Unprepared for War in the Atlantic
  • Author Ken Brown
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Hardback
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher US Naval Institute Press
  • Date 2017-11
  • ISBN 9781473887282 / 1473887283
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.2 x 5.2 x 0.9 in (25.91 x 13.21 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Germany

About the author

KEN BROWN has had a long fascination with naval history and has been conducting research on U-boats off the east coast of the United States for more than three years. He has published several articles in World at War magazine.
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