{"product_id":"codename-nemo-how-nine-sailors-seized-a-nazi-uboat-stole-its-secret-codes-and-doomed-the-german-navy-9781635768718","title":"Codename Nemo: How Nine Sailors Seized a Nazi U-Boat, Stole Its Secret Codes, and Doomed the German Navy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe white-knuckled saga of a maverick captain, nine courageous sailors, and a US Navy task force who achieved the impossible on June 4, 1944--capturing Nazi submarine U-505, its crew, technology, encryption codes, and an Enigma cipher machine. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 20 June 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Diversion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe white-knuckled saga of a maverick captain, nine courageous sailors, and a US Navy task force who achieved the impossible on June 4, 1944--capturing Nazi submarine U-505, its crew, technology, encryption codes, and an Enigma cipher machine. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo days before D-Day--the course of World War II was forever changed. The hunters of the Atlantic Ocean had become the hunted, and US antisubmarine Task Group 22.3 seized a Nazi U-boat, its crew, and all its secrets. Led by a nine-man boarding party and Captain Daniel Gallery, Operation Nemo was the first seizure of an enemy warship in battle since the War of 1812, a victory that shortened the duration of the war. But at any moment, the mission could have ended in disaster.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Charles Lachman tells this thrilling cat-and-mouse game through the eyes of the men on both sides of Operation Nemo--German U-boaters and American heroes like Lieutenant Albert David ( Mustang ), who led the boarding party that took control of U-505 and became the only sailor to be awarded the Medal of Honor in the Battle of the Atlantic. Three thousand American sailors participated in this extraordinary adventure; nine ordinary American men channeling extraordinary skill and bravery finished the job; and then--like everyone involved--breathed not a word of it until the war was over. In Berlin, the German Kriegsmarine assumed that U-505 had been blown to bits by depth charges, with all hands lost at sea. They were unaware that the U-boat, its Enigma machine, and its Nazi coded messages were now in American hands. They were also unaware that the 59 German sailors captured on the high seas were imprisoned in a POW camp in Ruston, Louisiana, until their release in 1946.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A deeply researched, fast-paced World War II narrative for the ages, Charles Lachman's \u003ci\u003eCodename Nemo \u003c\/i\u003etraces every step of this historic pursuit on the deadly seas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 588g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 162 x 238 x 35 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781635768718\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles Lachman","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":46697963553018,"sku":"9781635768718","price":22.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1727463251544_book.jpg?v=1727546872","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/codename-nemo-how-nine-sailors-seized-a-nazi-uboat-stole-its-secret-codes-and-doomed-the-german-navy-9781635768718","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}