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oapen-20.500.12657-316512021-11-08T09:21:54Z Long Night of the Tankers Bercuson, David J. Herwig, Holger H. History Achilles Caribbean Trinidad U-boat United States bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History 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) 2017-03-30 23:55 2020-01-28 10:35:16 2020-04-01T13:43:58Z 2020-04-01T13:43:58Z 2014 book 626369 OCN: 927333109 9781552387603 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31651 eng Beyond Boundaries application/pdf n/a 626369.pdf University of Calgary Press 10.26530/oapen_626369 100620 10.26530/oapen_626369 5c7afbd8-3329-4175-a51e-9949eb959527 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781552387603 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Calgary 100620 KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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)
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