naval operations, german

A true account of the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS City of Benares, which was evacuating children from England during WWII.

"On May 19, 1942, during WWII, a U-boat in the Gulf of Mexico stalked its prey fifty miles from New Orleans. The submarine set its sights on the freighter Heredia. Most onboard were merchant seamen, but there were also civilians, including the Downs family: Ray and Ina, and their two children. Fast asleep in their berths, the Downs family had no idea that two torpedoes were heading their way. When the ship exploded, chaos ensued--and each family member had to find their own path to survival. This inspiring historical narrative tells the story of the Downs family as they struggle against sharks, hypothermia, blinding oil, drowning, and dehydration in their effort to survive the aftermath of this deadly attack off the American coast"--Provided by the publisher.

Tells the story of the discovery in 1991 of a World War II German U-boat, sunk sixty miles off the coast of New Jersey, by deep sea divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, and their six year obsession with identifying the submarine which sank with its crew onboard.

"A true account of the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS 'City of Benares,' which was evacuating children from England during WWII"--Provided by publisher.

It is 1942, and the German submarine fleet is engaged in an operation to harass and destroy British ships in the North Atlantic. This is the story of one German submarine crew battling fear as well as the enemy.

On May 7, 1915, the Lusitania was struck by a torpedo fired from a German submarine. It sank within twenty minutes, taking the lives of 1,198 people, including 128 children. The uproar following the sinking contributed to the entry of the United States into World War I. This book asserts that the Lusitania regularly carried sumuggled munitions from the United States to England, using innocent passengers as human shields. Moreover, the disaster could have been avoided had Britain sent ships to escort the liner as it entered the waters patrolled by German submarines. The controversy over what cargo the Lusitania carried, as well as the protection it should have received, has been debated by historians since its sinking.

The German U-Boat war against American merchant men was deadly. In World War II, the U.S. Merchant Marine had twice the fatality rate of the U.S. Navy. William Geroux tells the tale of Mathews County, Virginia, caught in the thick of the fight, as it sent its men to sea, as it had for generations. It is a common mistake to believe that the Nazis did not come near America during World War II. The truth is that German U-boats patrolled the east coast constantly, waiting for ships to leave with supplies for the Allies. Until America's Air Force became stronger, the U-boats were difficult to destroy and the men of the Merchant Marine were often the only defense.

Chronicles the last and fatal voyage of the Lusitania, moving between events on the luxury ocean liner as it returned to its home port of Liverpool from New York City to those on the German submarine U-20.

Chronicles the experiences of the men, women, and children who survived the sinking of the British liner "SS City of Benares", which was torpedoed by a German submarine on September 17, 1940.