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  • Turning the Tide

    How a Small Band of Allied Sailors Defeated the U-boats and Won the Battle of the Atlantic

    by Ed Offley ...
    At times, even his admirers seemed unsure of what to do with General Douglas MacArthur. Imperious, headstrong, and vain, MacArthur matched an undeniable military genius with a massive ego and a rebellious streak that often seemed to destine him for the dustbin of history. Yet despite his flaws, MacArthur is remembered as a brilliant commander whose combined-arms operation in the Pacific -- the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Burning Shore

    How Hitler's U-Boats Brought World War II to America

    by Ed Offley ...
    On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun at Virginia Beach, two massive fireballs erupted just offshore from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. While men, women, and children gaped from the shore, two damaged oil tankers fell out of line and began to sink. Then a small escort warship blew apart in a violent explosion. Navy warships and aircraft peppered ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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    Turning the Tide

    How a Small Band of Allied Sailors Defeated the U-Boats and Won the Battle of the Atlantic

    by Ed Offley ...
    Narrated by James Adams ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 17 min

    The United States experienced its most harrowing military disaster of World War II not in 1941 at Pearl Harbor, but rather in the period from 1942 to 1943, in the frigid North Atlantic and American coastal waters from Newfoundland to the Caribbean. Nearly seven decades after the event, the Battle of the Atlantic still stands as the longest-running and most lethal clash of arms in naval history. ... Read more

    $42.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Scorpion Down

    Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon: The Untold Story of the USS Scorpion

    by Ed Offley ...
    Narrated by Richard Ferrone ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours

    The Hunt for Red October meets Blind Man's Bluff in the untold story of an American submarine torpedoed at the height of the Cold War—and the forty-year cover-up that followed.The last thing they heard was the faint scree-scree of a high-speed propeller. Then the torpedo hit, the warhead detonated, the ocean thundered in, and ninety-nine men died. On May 22, 1968, an American submarine was sunk by ... Read more

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    The Silent Service in World War II

    The Story of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force in the Words of the Men Who Lived It

    Narrated by Tom Perkins, Jo Anna Perrin ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 4 min

    When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the U.S. Navy had a total of 111 submarines. However, this fleet was not nearly as impressive as the number suggests. It was mostly a collection of aging boats from the late teens and early twenties, with only a few of the newer, more modern Gato-class boats. Fortunately, with the war in Europe was already two years old and friction with ... Read more

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    Also available as: eBook

  • Wolf Pack: The U-Boats at War

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    "Once you heard that pinging sound you knew they had got to you, then the depth charges came. Terrible, just terrible." Kurt Wehling, u-boat survivor The steel coffins was the name given to the U-boats of the Kriegsmarine by their own crews. Their fatalistic view of the war was certainly justified; it is estimated that seventy-five per cent of the 39,000 men who sailed in the U-boat fleet paid the ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • Grey Wolf, Grey Sea

    Aboard the German Submarine U-124 in World War II

    by E. B. Gasaway ...
    The inside story of life aboard the deadly Nazi U-Boat that sank forty-nine ships.The history of one of World War II's most successful submarines, U-124, is chronicled in Grey Wolf, Grey Sea, from its few defeats to a legion of victories. Kapitanleutnant Jochen Mohr commanded his German submarine and navigated it through the treacherous waters of one of the most destructive, savage wars the world ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Official U-Boat Commanders Handbook

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    This is the complete wartime translation by the U.S. Navy of the 1943 edition of the official handbook given to all U-boat commanders. The original handbook was compiled from combat reports and was regularly updated throughout the war. The handbook was an invaluable reference for every operational U-boat commander. Simply written and highly accessible for a wider audience, the U-boat handbook ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • Cruel Seas (True Combat)

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    At dawn, they saw her masts on the horizon and immediately prepared for battle. They were up against a formidable foe; the Admiral Graf Spee had already sunk nine British merchant ships in the South Atlantic. Now, her modern prototype diesel engines were set at maximum power and she was heading straight for them at full speed...Read about the Royal Navy’s determined hunt for the enemy battleship ... Read more

    $1.83 CAD

  • Deadly Skies (True Combat)

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    Just after 2100 hours, the mission’s leader Wing Commander Guy Gibson gave the signal. The red light went on and the Merlin engines of the thirteen Lancaster bombers roared into life. They had been in intensive training for eight weeks for the most famous bombing raid of World War II. RAF 617 squadron, the Dambusters, were finally ready to go...Read about the RAF’s daring Dambusters mission, along ... Read more

    $1.83 CAD

  • Götterdämmerung - The Last Days of the Wehrmacht in the East

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    This fascinating collection of primary source accounts focuses on the combat actions of the Wehrmacht in the final battles of the war. The material is drawn from a variety of wartime sources and encompasses fascinating writings concerning the tactical, operational and strategic aspects of the battle for Berlin. Compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers, this ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters

    by Richard Edwards ...
    Series series British Flying Legends
    DESCRIPTION“An excellent book to read at this time during the anniversary of the bombing of the German dams by what seemed impossible odds.” Review.**Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters tells the dramatic story of a renowned British flying legend and his leadership of the infamous raid on the Ruhr dams in May 1943, providing a fitting and timely tribute to a truly courageous aviator.This short i ... Read more

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