U-Boats off the Outer Banks
Shadows in the Moonlight
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, Travel, History, Military, Naval, World War II
| Author: | Jim Bunch | ISBN: | 9781439661734 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | July 10, 2017 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jim Bunch |
| ISBN: | 9781439661734 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | July 10, 2017 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
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. 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. A Standard oil tanker sank just sixty miles from Cape Hatteras. 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.
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. 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. A Standard oil tanker sank just sixty miles from Cape Hatteras. 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.
