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Torpedoes in the Gulf; Galveston and the U-Boats, 1942-1943
by Melanie Wiggins
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0890966273
- ISBN 13
- 9780890966273
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press , 1995 Texas A & M University Press, College Station, TX. 1995. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a blank bookplate on the FFFP. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 265 pp 8vo. Everyone knew that the US was unprepared for war when it came in 1942, but the situation at Galveston showed how far the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard was behind the German Navy and its U-Boats. In this time frame, 24 U-Boats entered the Gulf of Mexico and attacked American and Allied merchant ships sinking 56 and damaging 14 more. By late 1943 the US and allied forces using air escort and convoy operations managed to quell the threat and force the U-Boat fleets to retreat to European shores. A clean near pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011160
- Title
- Torpedoes in the Gulf; Galveston and the U-Boats, 1942-1943
- Author
- Melanie Wiggins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0890966273
- ISBN 13
- 9780890966273
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press
- Place of Publication
- College Station, TX
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- submarines, U.S. Navy, German Navy, German U-Boats, U.S. Navy Submarines, convoy operations, World War II, Galveston Island, merchant ships, torpedoes, torpedo sinking of ships, Gulf Sea Frontier.
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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