Author : David Jay Bercuson,Holger H. Herwig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 1552387593
Long Night of the Tankers by David Jay Bercuson,Holger H. Herwig Pdf
Long Night of the Tankers presents a fresh account of a critical but often overlooked component of the Atlantic naval theatre in World War II. Using war diaries, after-action reports, and first-hand accounts, authors Bercuson and Herwig examine the story behind Operation Neuland, the German plan to prevent vital oil supplies reaching the United States and the United Kingdom from key refineries in the Caribbean. Starting in February 1942 with the initial German success in choking the oil supply to the Allied war machine, Long Night of the Tankers details the planning and execution of German operations and the subsequent diplomatic, political, and military responses of the Allies that ultimately overcame the German effort and transformed the Caribbean shipping lanes into a death trap for German U-boats.