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Operation Drumbeat: The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II
 
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Operation Drumbeat: The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II (Paperback)

by Michael Gannon (Author)
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  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: HarperPerennial; New e. edition (15 Jun 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0060920882
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060920883
  • Product Dimensions: 20.5 x 13.6 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,163,199 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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An account of Germany's little known U-boat campaign against merchant shipping along the North American Atlantic coast during the first six months of 1942. It also documents the failure of the US Navy to meet the German attack.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Details of German U-Boat operations off the US coast, 24 Jan 2001
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The author follows the progress of U-123 on it's two sorties against shipping off the east coast of America as part of Operation Drumbeat. The research is excellent, and includes the recollections of crew members and of survivors from some of the ships attacked by 123. The account goes into some detail on the failure of the US Navy to take any real action against the marauders for almost 6 months. The image of 123 picking off ships silhouetted against the brightly lit amusement parks of Coney Island would be almost unbelievable were it not a matter of record.

An excellent book, giving an insight not only into life aboard a U-Boat or aboard a target vessel, but also into the way politics and ego can have such an adverse effect on the progress of a war.

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