Passport not required : U. S. volunteers in the Royal Navy, 1939-1941 / Eric Dietrich-Berryman, Charlotte Hammond, and R.E. White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dietrich-Berryman, Eric.

Contributor:

Hammond, Charlotte, 1967-

White, R. E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Americans--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Americans.

Great Britain. Royal Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Before America entered World War II, twenty-two U.S. citizens went to England and volunteered with the Royal Navy. Commissioned between September 1939 and November 1941, they fought in the Battle of the Atlantic and on a variety of fronts. While the history of Americans serving in the Royal Air Force is well known, the story of these naval volunteers has not been previously told. Most trained at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, but since foreign military service was against U.S. law, their names were never made public. Now, after years of research, their identities and the details of

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; List of Acronyms; 1. A Tremendous Flame Shot Upward; 2. Twenty-two Yanks: Who Were They?; 3. Come to England, Passport Not Required; 4. Battle of the Atlantic; 5. The Air War; 6. Action in Other Theaters; 7. Normandy: The End Draws Near; Epilogue; Appendix I: Reflections by Kapitan zur See Otto von Bulow; Appendix II: Biographical Notes; Appendix III: Napoleon to Kaiser: Americans in British and Other Service; Appendix IV: How the Story Came to Be Told; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781612513850

1612513859