Torpedoes in the Gulf: Galveston and the U-boats, 1942-1943Texas A&M University Press, 1995 - 265 Seiten At the beginning of America's involvement in World War II, Galveston Island was a recreation center for servicemen. Every evening throngs of soldiers, sailors, and Marines strolled along the seawall, basking in the warm sun and soft Gulf breezes. It was paradise on earth. Small wonder that German U-boat commanders caught Americans totally unprepared for a Gulf attack. Between 1942 and 1943, twenty-four German submarines entered the Gulf of Mexico and attacked American and Allied ships, sinking fifty-six merchant ships and damaging fourteen more. Although responses were initially chaotic, Americans soon established a defense system that could cope with the threat. |
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... lighting that could easily be seen from sidewalks and to have as many lights as possible burning between six and nine o'clock on Christmas Eve . Its aim was to make the city " a blaze of lights during the Christmas season . " No one ...
... lighting that could easily be seen from sidewalks and to have as many lights as possible burning between six and nine o'clock on Christmas Eve . Its aim was to make the city " a blaze of lights during the Christmas season . " No one ...
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... lights , Major General Richard Donovan , Eighth Corps area commander , issued orders effective June 2 for the dimming of lights along Texas and Louisiana shorelines . The paper said that for the past several nights , Galveston had ...
... lights , Major General Richard Donovan , Eighth Corps area commander , issued orders effective June 2 for the dimming of lights along Texas and Louisiana shorelines . The paper said that for the past several nights , Galveston had ...
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... lights are burning like it is peacetime , " he reported . U - 518 traveled on , making a slow speed of three sea ... lights " and presumed that it was Miami . Wissmann said he saw several naviga- tional lights but could not identify them ...
... lights are burning like it is peacetime , " he reported . U - 518 traveled on , making a slow speed of three sea ... lights " and presumed that it was Miami . Wissmann said he saw several naviga- tional lights but could not identify them ...
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Chapter | 3 |
Aircraft sound detectors | 128 |
HansGünther Kühlmann commander of U166 | 137 |
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Torpedoes in the Gulf: Galveston and the U-boats, 1942-1943 Melanie Wiggins Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1995 |
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