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- catalog abstract "Combining newly released top-secret Admiralty reports, rare photographic materials, and extensive interviews with eyewitnesses from three nations, James Tent has produced a comprehensive study of a little-known episode of World War II - the campaign to defend the Normandy invasion fleet from Germany's high-performance motor torpedo boats or Schnellboote, known to the Allies as "E-boats." Besides presenting a detailed account of naval operations at a crucial stage of the. War in Europe, this history integrates many facets of modern warfare: the development of fast coastal craft; the creation of precision bombing units; the interaction of naval, air, and ground forces among both the Allies and the Germans; the harnessing of science and technology to meet changing military needs; and the use of various forms of intelligence - cryptanalysis, prisoner interrogation, photoreconnaissance, and photo-interpretation. While tracing these important. Technical considerations, the study also examines the human dimension of the forces arrayed against each other. In addition, it offers historical precedents for weapons and warships in which there is now renewed interest, namely, deep-penetration bombs and high-speed coastal combatants.".
- catalog contributor b9498712.
- catalog coverage "Normandy (France) History, Military.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Combining newly released top-secret Admiralty reports, rare photographic materials, and extensive interviews with eyewitnesses from three nations, James Tent has produced a comprehensive study of a little-known episode of World War II - the campaign to defend the Normandy invasion fleet from Germany's high-performance motor torpedo boats or Schnellboote, known to the Allies as "E-boats." Besides presenting a detailed account of naval operations at a crucial stage of the.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue: The Antagonists -- 1. The Lyme Bay Disaster -- 2. Enemy Torpedo Boats -- 3. Wartime Operations to June 1944 -- 4. The Admirals Contend -- 5. Bomber Harris Prelude -- 6. Barnes Wallis and the Giant Bomb -- 7. Operation Neptune: Opening Moves -- 8. The Sea Battle, 6-13 June 1944 -- 9. Bomber Command Target: E-Boat Pens -- 10. The Witches' Cauldron -- 11. E-Boats' End -- 12. Retreat and Pursuit -- 13. How Serious Was the E-Boat Threat? -- Epilogue: The Survivors.".
- catalog description "Technical considerations, the study also examines the human dimension of the forces arrayed against each other. In addition, it offers historical precedents for weapons and warships in which there is now renewed interest, namely, deep-penetration bombs and high-speed coastal combatants.".
- catalog description "War in Europe, this history integrates many facets of modern warfare: the development of fast coastal craft; the creation of precision bombing units; the interaction of naval, air, and ground forces among both the Allies and the Germans; the harnessing of science and technology to meet changing military needs; and the use of various forms of intelligence - cryptanalysis, prisoner interrogation, photoreconnaissance, and photo-interpretation. While tracing these important.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 286 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "E-Boat alert.".
- catalog identifier "1557508054 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "E-Boat alert.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press,".
- catalog relation "E-Boat alert.".
- catalog spatial "France Normandy.".
- catalog spatial "Germany.".
- catalog spatial "Normandy (France) History, Military.".
- catalog subject "940.54/5943 20".
- catalog subject "D756.5.N6 T46 1996".
- catalog subject "Torpedo-boats Germany.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Normandy.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, German.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: The Antagonists -- 1. The Lyme Bay Disaster -- 2. Enemy Torpedo Boats -- 3. Wartime Operations to June 1944 -- 4. The Admirals Contend -- 5. Bomber Harris Prelude -- 6. Barnes Wallis and the Giant Bomb -- 7. Operation Neptune: Opening Moves -- 8. The Sea Battle, 6-13 June 1944 -- 9. Bomber Command Target: E-Boat Pens -- 10. The Witches' Cauldron -- 11. E-Boats' End -- 12. Retreat and Pursuit -- 13. How Serious Was the E-Boat Threat? -- Epilogue: The Survivors.".
- catalog title "E-Boat alert : defending the Normandy invasion fleet / James Foster Tent.".
- catalog type "Military history. fast".
- catalog type "text".