Yacht Voyages |
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| Author:
| Wiberg, Eric |
| Reviewed by:
| Wiberg, Eric |
| Editor:
| Wiberg, Eric |
| Appendix by:
| Wiberg, Eric |
| Editorial Coordinator:
| Wiberg, Eric |
| Introductions and notes by:
| Wiberg, Eric |
| Managing editor:
| Wiberg, Eric |
| Original Author:
| Wiberg, Eric |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9843998-3-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | Island Books
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $2.99 |
Book Description:
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The only reference book detailed exactly what happened in the British colony of Bahamas during WWII. Bisected by half a dozen key channels, the islands were a strategic choke point where 112 German and Italian submarines (U-Boats) sank 130 Allied merchant ship. Two subs were lost and several Allied military vessels and a blimp as well. This unique study covers every relevant day from Sept. 1939 to May 1945 with details of:All Merchant ship attacksAll U-Boat patrolsAll Convoy transits -...
More DescriptionThe only reference book detailed exactly what happened in the British colony of Bahamas during WWII. Bisected by half a dozen key channels, the islands were a strategic choke point where 112 German and Italian submarines (U-Boats) sank 130 Allied merchant ship. Two subs were lost and several Allied military vessels and a blimp as well. This unique study covers every relevant day from Sept. 1939 to May 1945 with details of:All Merchant ship attacksAll U-Boat patrolsAll Convoy transits - including actual ship namesAir traffic both from RAF air base OTU 111, an important Operational Training Unit in Nassau, as well as bases in the US and FloridaCovers the daily maps and entries in the Gulf Sea Frontier, which details all US air squadron movements, local convoys to Miami, and US naval craft. An indispensable tool for historians, students, researchers, archivists, and WWII buffs interested in the minutia, as well as those interested in the sea war in WWII and the war on Allied tonnage and against U-Boats. Especially because the Bahamas was a little or unknown theater, this research establishes an important baseline for further research.