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Author:

Walling, Michael G.

Title:

Bloodstained sea : the U.S. Coast Guard in the Battle of the Atlantic, 1941-1944 / by Michael G. Walling.

Publisher:

International Marine/McGraw-Hill,

Copyright Date:

2009, 2004

Description:

xiv, 291 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Coast Guard--History--World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Atlantic Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
Revenue cutters--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-273) and index. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Americans called it "Torpedo Junction," Germans "Devil;s Gorge," but historians know it as the Battle of the Atlantic'the four-year Allied struggle to move desperately needed supplies from America to Europe through devastating assaults by German U-boats, ships, and aircraft. Now for the first time, Bloodstained Sea describes in vivid detail the heroic actions of the Coast Guard ships that defended Allied convoys en route through the North Atlantic to England and Russia.

ISBN:

0578012901
9780578012902 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2004008933

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)