Hunting the U-Boats - America fights back
A look back at how the US Navy, Coast Guard and Army Air Corps responded to the U-Boat threat in the first half of 1942
When Hitler declared war on the United States in December 1942 he believed he had the opportunity to strike an early crippling blow. Unrestricted U-Boat warfare was launched with ‘Operation Drumbeat’ targeting US shipping along the East Coast routes.
Over the course of the next eight months G…
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