The Capture of U-505: The Us Navy's Controversial Enigma Raid, Atlantic Ocean 1944

by Mark Lardas

U-505 was the first enemy warship the US Navy captured at sea since 1812. This is a new account of how Captain Gallery planned and executed the raid on his own initiative, and how his success almost endangered the war against the U-boats.

On June 4, 1944 a US Navy antisubmarine task group in the Atlantic captured an enemy U-boat on the high seas. It was not the first time the Allies had taken a German U-boat as a prize, but the capture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472849361
• ISBN13: 9781472849366
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.3" x 9.7"