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PublisherWiener Publishers, Incorporated, Markus
ISBN-101558769552
ISBN-139781558769557
eBay Product ID (ePID)14050386258
Product Key Features
Number of PagesXii, 273 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCaribbean Front in World War II : the Untold Story of U-Boats, Spies, and Economic Warfare
SubjectWorld
Publication Year2021
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorJosé L. Bolivar
FormatTrade Paperback
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2020-033201
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"History is at its most enthralling when we discover something close to home that we could never have imagined. Such is the surprising history of the naval battles and submarines in the Caribbean during the Second World War . It all starts with a simple question: What were the Nazis doing in our sea? Jose L. Bolívar finds remarkable material hidden beneath the beautiful waters. After reading this book, we will no longer be able to see the Caribbean the same way".- Jorge Ramos. Award winning anchor, journalist, and author at Univision. "For taking on this task and succeeding so well in researching and explaining the many facets of this aquatic, sub-sea, and airborne battlefield, Dr. José Bolívar Fresnada should be congratulated. He has done an exemplary job of delivering lively details involving the little-known Caribbean Front of the Second World War." - Eric Wiburg, The Northern Mariner , 2021
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal940.53729
SynopsisThe United States during World War II was unprepared for one of Germany's most destructive war efforts: a U-boat assault on Allied ships in the Caribbean that sank about 400 tankers and merchant ships, with few losses to the German submarine fleet. The Germans had set up a network of spies and had the secret support of some dictators, including the Dominican Republic's Rafael Trujillo, supplying their U-boats with fuel.The Caribbean was of crucial strategic importance to the Allies. Roughly 95 percent of the oil sustaining the East Coast of the United States came from the region, along with bauxite, required to manufacture airplanes. The United States invested billions of dollars to build bases, landing strips, roads, and other military infrastructure on the Puerto Rico and secured a 99-year lease on all the British bases located in the Caribbean. The United States also struck an agreement with neutral Vichy France to keep the French Navy in the harbor of Martinique, preventing it from being turned over to the Germans, in exchange for a food supply for the island. Elsewhere, however, the German blockade was taking a dire human toll. All of the islands experienced a drastic food shortage. The US military buildup created jobs and income, but locals were paid a third as much as continental workers. The military also brought its segregationist policies to the islands, creating further tensions and resentment. The sacrifice of the Caribbean people was bitter, but their participation in the war effort was also decisive: The U-boat menace more or less disappeared from the region in late 1943, thanks to their work building up the US military operation., The United States during World War II was unprepared for one of Germany's most destructive war efforts: a U-boat assault on Allied ships in the Caribbean that sank about 400 tankers and merchant ships, with few losses to the German submarine fleet., "The conventional view of World War II as a conflict that was not fought in the Americas is debunked in this fascinating book. German submarine warfare was sinking one oil tanker or merchant ship per day in Caribbean waters in the worst months of 1942. The US merchant marine suffered heavy losses of ships and men, while the Allies struggled to contain the damage done to the supply of oil from Venezuela and airplane fuel from Cura ao to the United States. Puerto Rico experienced food shortages on account of German U-boat warfare in 1942, while Martinique suffered near famine in the aftermath of a British and American blockade induced by the Vichy government's control of the Caribbean island. The US invested billions in military installments on the British and American islands and transformed Puerto Rico into 'the Gibraltar of the Caribbean.' This is a compelling narrative based on contemporary newspapers, doctoral dissertations, and primary archival sources." -C sar Ayala (UCLA), Author of Puerto Rico in the American Century: A History Since 1898 and other books
LC Classification NumberD768.18.B65 2021
