The Burning Shore: How Hitler's U-Boats Brought World War II to America

by Ed Offley

Book Overview

On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun at Virginia Beach, two massive fireballs erupted just offshore from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. While men, women, and children gaped from the shore, two damaged oil tankers fell out of line and began to sink. Then a small escort warship blew apart in a violent explosion. Navy warships and aircraft peppered the water with depth charges, but to no avail. Within...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465029612
• ISBN13: 9780465029617
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"