Operation Alacrity : the Azores and the war in the Atlantic / Norman Herz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herz, Norman, 1923- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Portugal.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Azores.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Atlantic Ocean.

Azores--Strategic aspects.

Azores.

Azores--History, Military--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To win the war against German U-boats, the Allies had to protect their convoys in the vast black hole of the mid-Atlantic known as the Azores Gap. In 1943 they devised a plan to set up air bases on the Azores Islands, owned by neutral Portugal. It was essential for the operation to remain secret because the Allies had to get there before the Germans, who had their own plan to build bases. Author Norman Herz took part in the Allied operation as a corporal with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 928th Engineer Aviation Regiment. At the time he was given little information about the operation

Contents:

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chronology; 1. The Black Hole in the Atlantic; 2. The War Begins: Portugal Offers Succor, 1930-1940; 3. The View from Washington, January-May 1941; 4. The United States Goes to War, May-December 1941; 5. The U-Boats' Happy War, 1942; 6. The Trident Conference, January-July 1943; 7. Churchilll Lowers teh Boom, June-September 1943; 8. The British Arrive, September-October 1943; 9. Sailing Orders, November-December 1943; 10. Almost War With Portugal, January-March 1944; 11. Negotiating Santa Maria, April-July 1944

12. Pan Am Goes to Santa Maria, August-December 194413. Allied Victory and Beyond, 1945-; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61251-508-8