Mark Lardas: The Capture of U-505

Cover: 9781472849366 | The Capture of U-505 | Mark Lardas | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2022

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Beschreibung

U-505 was the first enemy warship the US Navy captured at sea since 1812. This is a new account of how Captain Gallery planned and executed the raid on his own initiative, and how his success almost endangered the war against the U-boats.

On June 4, 1944 a US Navy antisubmarine task group in the Atlantic captured an enemy U-boat on the high seas. It was not the first time the Allies had taken a German U-boat as a prize, but the capture of U-505 was different. Captain Gallery and his Task Group 22.3 devised a risky plan to capture scuttled U-boats.

This book analyses in detail Gallery's dangerous strategy, using contemporary sources to explore why he thought the reward was worth the risk: instead of attempting to sink the next U-boat that surfaced among them, a destroyer escort would send off its whaleboat. Everyone else was to smother the U-boat with light gunfire to encourage its crew to abandon quickly. Unaware that the Allies had already cracked the German's codes and the capture of a U-boat could endanger that secret, Gallery hoped to capture the vessel's codes and coding equipment to read U-boat message traffic. The plan culminated in the capture of U-505 in early June, which nearly caused the exposure of the Bletchley Park codebreaking secret.

Featuring contemporary photographs, specially commissioned artwork and 3D maps, this book is a fascinating exploration of one of the most controversial and dangerous raids, which could have changed the outcome of World War II as we know it.

Über den Autor

Mark Lardas has been fascinated by things related to the sea and sky his entire life. From building models of ships and aircraft as a teen, his maritime interest led him to study Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, but his interest in aviation led him to take a job on the then-new Space Shuttle program. Over the next 30 years he worked as a navigation engineer on the Shuttle program. Currently he works developing commercial aircraft systems as a quality assurance manager. He has written extensively about aircraft and warships and is the author of more than 50 books, all related to military, naval or maritime history.

Zusammenfassung

US escort carrier stories are a very popular topic among historians and modellers alike.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

(Subject to Confirmation)
Introduction
Origins
The Plan
The Raid
Aftermath
Analysis
Further Reading

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	20. Jahrhundert
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781472849366
ISBN-10:	1472849361
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lardas, Mark
Illustrator:	Cano Rodriguez, Irene
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße:	243 x 182 x 6 mm
Von/Mit:	Mark Lardas
Erscheinungsdatum:	24.11.2022
Gewicht:	0,262 kg