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Book Review of U-Boats Offshore

U-Boats Offshore
U-Boats Offshore
Author: Edwin P. Hoyt
Genre: History
Book Type: Paperback
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America nearly lost World War II. Not at Pearl Harbor nor in the land battles of Europe--but on our own doorstep. In early 1942, with shocking suddeness, German U-boats began sinking U.S. ships off the East Coast faster than we could fill them. Soon the ocean was spewing oil and wreckage--and human bodies. As the fate of the nation hung in the balance, a desperate defense was quickly mounted. This is the heroic untold story of the courageous Americans who waged a relentless fight to drive the Nazi menace from our shores.