Codename Nemo (eBook, ePUB)
The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and the Elusive Enigma Machine
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The true story of the US Navy operation that captured Nazi submarine U-505, its crew, technology, encryption codes, and an Enigma cipher machine.Two 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. 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.Char...
The true story of the US Navy operation that captured Nazi submarine U-505, its crew, technology, encryption codes, and an Enigma cipher machine.
Two 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. 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.
Charles Lachmantells 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 destroyed with all hands lost at sea, unaware that the U-boat, its Enigma machine, and its Nazi coded messages were now in American hands. They were also unaware that the fifty-nine captured German sailors were imprisoned in a POW camp in Ruston,Louisiana, until their release in 1946.
A deeply researched, fast-paced World War II narrative for the ages, Charles Lachman's Codename Nemo traces every step of this historic pursuit on the deadly seas.
Two 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. 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.
Charles Lachmantells 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 destroyed with all hands lost at sea, unaware that the U-boat, its Enigma machine, and its Nazi coded messages were now in American hands. They were also unaware that the fifty-nine captured German sailors were imprisoned in a POW camp in Ruston,Louisiana, until their release in 1946.
A deeply researched, fast-paced World War II narrative for the ages, Charles Lachman's Codename Nemo traces every step of this historic pursuit on the deadly seas.
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