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Track of the Gray Wolf: U-Boat Warfare on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, 1942-1945
Track of the Gray Wolf UBoat Warfare on the US Eastern Seaboard 19421945 Author:Gary Gentile "TANKER TORPEDOED 60 MILES OFF LONG ISLAND" -- On January 15, 1942, The New York Times banner headline told the story Americans didn't want to believe. German U-Boats had brought war to the very shores of the east coast of the United States! In the months that followed, the Germans torpedoed and sank ships within th... more »ree miles of shore, laid mines off bays and harbors, and deposited spies on lonely strands of beach. People along the Atlantic coast witnessed flames on the horizon as blimps and planes and vessels of all kinds sped into action against the submarine menace that was destroying the fleet.
Now, for the first time, TRACK OF THE GRAY WOLF captures the high drama of this little-known history. Told from the actual testimony of the men who survived, it is the story of the war that came to America's shores -- and of the uncommon valor of those who stopped it. « less