| Description |
1 online resource (192 pages) |
| Access |
Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
The full story of one of the greatest Allied shipping losses of World War II For the first time, this book describes how U-482 managed to slip undetected into the busy shipping lanes of the North Channel and carry out the last great U-boat patrol of the war. In the autumn of 1944 World War II was coming to an end, and the U-boats in the Atlantic had been beaten back through a massive program of Allied shipbuilding combined with tactical, technological, and intelligence improvements. The threat to Allied shipping had diminished but not disappeared, and a lone U-boat on its first active patrol slipped into the North Channel—in just a few days five ships lay broken on the seabed including the Empire Heritage, one of the largest Allied ships lost in the entire war. Also lost was a rescue ship attacked while trying to rescue survivors from the Empire Heritage; the Jacksonville, an American tanker sailing out of New York; and a RN corvette sent to hunt the U-boat down. This is the story of the attack, the aftermath, and the men involved. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
HISTORY / Military / Naval.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Atlantic Ocean.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Peterson, John. Darkest before dawn. Stroud, Gloucestershire : Spellmount, 2011. 9780752458830 (pbk.) (DLC)2011431394 |
| ISBN |
9780752472669 (e-pub) |
| Standard No. |
9780752472669 |
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