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U-boats against Canada : German submarines in Canadian waters / Michael L. Hadley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hadley, Michael L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, German.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Atlantic Ocean.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Canadian.
- Coast defenses--Canada.
- Coast defenses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 362 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Kingston, Ont. : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1985.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The U-boats constituted a serious threat to North American security and a major challenge to coastal and convoy defence. Hadley reveals the military and political impact on Canada of in-shore submarine warfare and vibrantly documents the successful German strategy of deploying daring long-range solo sorties to pin down the enemy close to home.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Notation and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Portents and Preparations
- Operation Drumbeat
- The First St Lawrence Sorties: 1942
- The Battle of the St Lawrence
- The Intelligence Gatherers: Langbein, Janow, and Kurt
- Clandestine Operations: Escape and Blockade
- Restless Interlude: January–June 1944
- After Normandy
- U-Boat Christmas
- Black Flags
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliography: p. [343]-348 and index.
- Contains:
- German submarines in Canadian waters.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-85087-3
- 9786612850875
- 0-7735-6127-7
- OCLC:
- 1394872951
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