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1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 18 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Robertson Dean. |
| Summary |
On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun on Virginia Beach, a massive fireball erupted from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. By the next day, three ships lay at the bottom of the channel, victims of Lieutenant-Commander Horst Degen and his crew on the German submarine U-701. In The Burning Shore, acclaimed military reporter Ed Offley presents a thrilling account of Degen's rampage along the American coast and of US Lieutenant Harry J. Kane's quest to bring him down. Since the beginning of 1942, German U-boats had prowled the waters of the Atlantic, sinking merchant ships and threatening to sever the lifeline of supplies flowing from the United States to Great Britain. But when Kane and his crew spotted the silhouette of U-701 offshore that summer, the ensuing clash signaled a critical turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic-and the beginning of an unlikely friendship between the two rival commanders. A gripping tale of heroism and sacrifice, The Burning Shore describes how a small band of mariners and aviators drove Hitler's wolf packs from America's home waters. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Atlantic Ocean.
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Submarines (Ships) -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Submarines (Ships) -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History, Naval -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Dean, Robertson, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982420512 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982420510 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11073051 |
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