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Author
Publisher
J. Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
A fast-paced, little-known story of danger at sea on the eve of World War II. On the sweltering evening of August 30, 1939, the German luxury liner S.S. Bremen slipped her moorings on Manhattan's west side, abandoned all caution (including foghorns, radar, and running lights), and sailed out of New York Harbor, commencing a dramatic escape run that would challenge the rules for unrestricted warfare at sea. Written by naval historian Peter Huchthausen,...
2) Spartan gold
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thousands of years ago, two superpowers of the ancient world went to war, and a treasure of immeasurable value was lost to the shadows of destiny. In 1800, while crossing the Pennine Alps with his Grand Reserve Army, Napoleon Bonaparte stumbled across a startling discovery. Unable to transport it, he created an enigmatic map on the labels of twelve bottles of rare wine. When Napoleon died, the bottles disappeared - and the treasure was lost again....
6) U-571
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a group of Navy men are sent to steal Enigma (the nazi's top-secret decoding device). When their own ship is destroyed, they must secretly make their way through hostile waters in a severely damaged Nazi U-boat to safety with the device.
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Long before 9/11, a far deadlier, little-known attack from the ocean depths struck our shores, lasting three-and-a-half years and claiming 5,000 lives. Now, famed undersea explorer Bob Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic, investigates the wreck of one attack craft, a German submarine that lies at the bottom of the gulf just a few miles off the coast of New Orleans. U-166 was part of Operation Drumbeat, a highly successful German U-boat operation that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pen & Sword Maritime
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The photographs in this book are taken from an unpublished album which belonged to a member of the crew of U-boat U-108 during World War II. The quality images show every aspect of life aboard before, during, and after a typical mission into the Atlantic.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Meet Wernher von Braun, who developed the booster rocket that won the Space Race for the United States! Follow von Braun's story from his early work developing the V-2 ballistic missile to his development of the Saturn V booster rocket that took Apollo 11 to the moon. Infographics, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic. Additional features include a table of contents, an index, a timeline and fun facts. Aligned...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Mathews County, Virginia, is a remote outpost on the Chesapeake Bay with little to offer except unspoiled scenery, but it sent an unusually large concentration of sea captains to fight in World War II. The Mathews Men tells that heroic story through the experiences of one extraordinary family whose seven sons (and their neighbors), U.S. merchant mariners all, suddenly found themselves squarely in the cross-hairs of the U-boats bearing down on the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Audioworks/Simon and Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Raising Atlantis and The Atlantis Prophecy comes an explosive new international thriller jam-packed with political and prophetic intrigue. Beneath the city of God, A centuries-old secret awaits. And every power on earth wants it. The adventure begins with the wreckage of a sunken Nazi submarine and a shocking legacy of Hitler's quest for Atlantis. Archaeologist Conrad Yeats discovers in the ruins of...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
On January 25, 1917, HMS Laurentic struck two German mines off the coast of Ireland and sank. The ship was carrying 44 tons of gold bullion to the still-neutral United States via Canada in order to finance the war effort for Britain and its allies. Britain desperately needed that sunken treasure, but any salvage had to be secret since the British government dared not alert the Germans to the presence of the gold. Lieutenant Commander Guybon Damant...
16) Lifeboat
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
After their ship is sunk in the Atlantic by Germans, eight people are stranded in a lifeboat. Amongst the survivors is a glamorous journalist, a tough seaman, a nurse and an injured sailor. Their problems are complicated further when they pick up a ninth passenger - the Nazi captain from the U-boat that torpedoed them.
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