U-Boats Off The Outer Banks: Shadows In The Moonlight (Military)

From January to July 1942, more than seventy-five ships sank to North Carolina's "Graveyard of the Atlantic" off the coast of the Outer Banks. German U-boats sank ships in some of the most harrowing sea fighting close to America's shore. Germany's Operation Drumbeat, led by Admiral Karl Donitz, brought fear to the local communities. A Standard oil tanker sank just sixty miles from Cape Hatteras. The U-85 was the first U-boat sunk by American surface forces, and local divers later discovered a rare Enigma machine aboard. Author Jim Bunch traces the destructive history of world war on the shores of the Outer Banks.

• | Author: Jim Bunch
• | Publisher: The History Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 10, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 192 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 1467137677
• | ISBN-13: 9781467137676