Long Night of the Tankers : Hitler's War Against Caribbean Oil / David J. Bercuson, Holger H. Herwig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bercuson, David Jay, author.

Herwig, Holger H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Calgary : University of Calgary Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Long Night of the Tankers presents a fresh account of a lesser-known but critical component of the Atlantic naval theatre during 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 interrupt vital oil supplies from reaching the United States and the United Kingdom by preventing Allied oil tankers from leaving refineries in the Caribbean. The story begins in February 1942 and follows this German attempt to scuttle the Allied war machine through to the end of the war. Told largely from the German perspective, it details the planning and execution of the Germans and the diplomatic, political, and military responses of the Allies, particularly the United States, to overcome the German effort.Winner, 2014 John Lyman Book Award for U.S. Naval History (North American Society for Oceanic History)

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 100620

ISBN:

9781552387603

OCLC:

927333109

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access