A fast-paced, little-known story of danger at sea on the eve of World War II
On the sweltering evening of August 30, 1939, the German luxury liner S.S. Bremen slipped her moorings on Manhattan's west side, abandoned all caution (including foghorns, radar, and running lights), and sailed out of New York Harbor, commencing a dramatic escape run that would challenge the rules for unrestricted warfare at sea. Written by naval historian Peter Huchthausen, Shadow Voyage tells the epic adventure of the Bremen's extraordinary flight to Germany, which became a life-and-death race with British warships and submarines intent on intercepting her. Revealing new details from naval archives, Huchthausen's riveting narrative captures the great courage and magnanimity of the Royal Navy, the cunning and intricate planning of the Germans, and the tension and ambiguity that preceded the outbreak of World War II.
Captain Peter Huchthausen, U.S. Navy, Retired (Hiram, ME), has had a distinguished career, serving at sea and on land as a Soviet naval analyst and as a naval attach? in Yugoslavia, Romania, and the Soviet Union. He is now a consultant and writer, author of the bestselling Hostile Waters and October Fury (0-471-41534-0).
Inhalt
On the sweltering evening of August 30, 1939, the German luxury liner S.S. Bremen slipped her moorings on Manhattan's west side, abandoned all caution (including foghorns, radar, and running lights), and sailed out of New York Harbor, commencing a dramatic escape run that would challenge the rules for unrestricted warfare at sea. Written by naval historian Peter Huchthausen, Shadow Voyage tells the epic adventure of the Bremen's extraordinary flight to Germany, which became a life-and-death race with British warships and submarines intent on intercepting her. Revealing new details from naval archives, Huchthausen's riveting narrative captures the great courage and magnanimity of the Royal Navy, the cunning and intricate planning of the Germans, and the tension and ambiguity that preceded the outbreak of World War II.
Captain Peter Huchthausen, U.S. Navy, Retired (Hiram, ME), has had a distinguished career, serving at sea and on land as a Soviet naval analyst and as a naval attach? in Yugoslavia, Romania, and the Soviet Union. He is now a consultant and writer, author of the bestselling Hostile Waters and October Fury (0-471-41534-0).
Inhalt
Acknowledgments.
Prelude.
Introduction.
1. Uncertain Crossing.
2. Roosevelt's Neutrality.
3. Obfuscation and Delay.
4. Into Oblivion.
5. Running North.
6. Close Encounters.
7. Running for Refuge.
8. Soviet Support.
9. Plotting Escape.
10. Salmon Bags a U-Boat.
11. Running for Home.
12. Salmon's Dilemma-Bremen's Escape.
13. Cheers and Retribution.
Afterword.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
Titel
Shadow Voyage
Untertitel
The Extraordinary Wartime Escape of the Legendary SS Bremen
Autor
EAN
9780470308813
ISBN
978-0-470-30881-3
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Genre
Veröffentlichung
21.04.2008
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
5.23 MB
Anzahl Seiten
272
Jahr
2008
Untertitel
Englisch
Auflage
1. Auflage
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