Bloodstained Sea: The U.S. Coast Guard in the Battle of the Atlantic, 1941-1944

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Synopsis
The U.S. Coast Guard, typically pictured as gleaming white vessels dispatched to save mariners in distress, played a vital role during World War II. Called upon in desperate times, the Coast Guard steamed into action and plied the unforgiving waters of the North Atlantic protecting convoys carrying much needed supplies, hunting German U-boats, pulling survivors of destroyed ships from the sea, and helping to ensure that the Atlantic remained in Allied control. The bloody skirmishes, numerous sinkings, and horrific death toll tallied in the Atlantic between 1939 and 1945 became known as the Battle of the Atlantic. Stretching from above the Arctic Circle south to the Cape of Good Hope and west from the coast of England into the Caribbean and down the coast of South America, the Battle of the Atlantic was fought continuously for 2,075 days. Whoever won the battle would control the vast sea-lanes necessary to win the war in Europe. Ships are the only way of moving large amounts of men and material across an ocean, and the United Kingdom, an island nation, needed to import virtually everything to sustain her people. Also, starting in 1941, the large amount of supplies the Soviet Union needed to repel German forces had to be shipped either north from England to Murmansk or around the Cape of Good Hope, then north into the Persian Gulf and overland to Russia. The same route was used to supply British and British Commonwealth troops in Egypt, except that these ships went up the Red Sea and through the Suez Canal.
Copyright:
2004

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
304 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780578012902
Publisher:
Cutter publishing
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Michael G. Walling
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
Submitted By:
Worth Trust
Proofread By:
Worth Trust
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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