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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158769803321

Autore

Hallion Richard P

Titolo

The Battle Against The U-Boat In The American Theater [Illustrated Edition]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco : , : Tannenberg Publishing, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-78625-252-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (41 pages)

Collana

The U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II ; ; v.6

Disciplina

940.54497300000003

Soggetti

United States. Army Air Forces

Antisubmarine aircraft

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- The Battle Against the U-Boat - in the American Theater December 7, 1941-September 2, 1945 -- The Role of The Army Air Forces in the Antisubmarine Campaign -- Operations off the West Coast - December 1941-February 1943 -- Operations off the East Coast - December 1941-June 1942 -- Operations in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea - January-October 1942 -- Operations of the AAF Antisubmarine Command - October 1942-August 1943 -- Operations from Newfoundland - October 1941-July 1943 -- Development of Antisubmarine Equipment and Tactics -- Dissolution of the AAF Antisubmarine Command -- AAF Contributions to the Antisubmarine War -- Suggested Readings.

Sommario/riassunto

Includes 20 IllustrationsIn 1942 the Allied powers faced the most serious challenge to their control of the seas encountered in the Second World War: the menace of the U-boat. Fast, well- armed, and long-ranged, Hitler's submarines attacked shipping throughout the North Atlantic, often within sight of America's coastal towns and cities.Eventually, the combination of intelligence, land and sea- based air power, and surface vessel operations from both North American and British bases ended this threat, making possible the Allied build-up for the invasion of Europe in 1944.Flying radar-equipped long-range patrol planes, AAF airmen demonstrated the value of land-based air power against naval threats. This success has been reaffirmed



consistently since the Second World War, from Vietnam and crises such as the Mayaguez incident to operations in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The Harpoon-armed B-52s of our present-day global Air Force are the heirs of a sea-control tradition dating to the AAF's A-29s and B-24s of the Second World War.