The US Navy and the War in Europe
Stern, Robert C2012
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Although the defeat of Japan was the US NavyAEs greatest contribution to the Second World War, it also played a significant role in the battle against Hitler. Even before Germany declared war in 1941, US naval vessels were actively engaged in Atlantic convoy battles, and suffered their first casualties long before the Pearl Harbor attack formally pitched America into the conflict. Thereafter the US Navy immediately sent reinforcements to the over-stretched Royal Navy, taking part in attacks on German-occupied Norway, flying aircraft to Malta and Egypt from its carriers and adding protection to the convoys to Russia. Its involvement in the crucial Battle of the Atlantic was also substantial, and the invasions of North Africa and Europe from 1942 onwards would have been unthinkable without the massive US forces. As late as 1945 the crossing of the Rhine by the Allied armies was heavily dependent on US Navy assets and expertise.
Main title:
The US Navy and the War in Europe / Robert C Stern.
Author:
Stern, Robert C, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Seaforth Publishing, 2012.
Collation:
336 pages : 150 illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781848320826
Language:
English
BRN:
2274853