Killing Shore

The True Story of Hitler's U-Boats off the New Jersey Coast

K. A. Nelson

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English

Casemate Publishers
15 February 2024

Second World War; Naval forces & warfare; Local history

It is January 1942. Nazi Germany is about to commence an assault along the US East Coast, but this Atlantic Pearl Harbor would prove far more devastating than Japan's attack on Hawaii five weeks earlier. The wolves are closing in, and few Americans realize their beaches and boardwalks will soon witness the worst naval defeat in US history.

The United States is already grappling with its unpreparedness for war as the Japanese Empire annihilates US forces in the Far East and the Nazis stand triumphant over vast swaths of Europe. Britain's survival, meanwhile, depends on cargoes delivered by civilian-manned merchant ships. America's economic resources and latent military strength represent a light in the darkness-yet Hitler's favorite admiral also knows this, and he has set in motion a plan of unprecedented boldness.

The ensuing fiery months saw German submarines, or U-boats, sink hundreds of ships from Maine to Texas. This gambit, which threatened to cripple the Allies, pitted Germans against Americans in a desperate struggle that stained East Coast waters with blood and oil. Plying the seas amid this deadly game of cat-and-mouse was a motley but stalwart contingent of civilian merchant mariners carrying the fuel, food, weapons, and raw materials the Allies needed to crush the Third Reich.

Several American states became battlefronts in 1942, but the events that transpired off the Jersey Shore illustrate the savagery and scope of a campaign waged across the Western Hemisphere. Even in the 21st century, shipwrecks still attest to the countless ways to die which friend and foe faced only miles from the Garden State's most popular summer destinations. These seafarers' lives were forfeit, but the battle they fought would decide the fate of millions.

AUTHOR: K. A. Nelson is a Penn State graduate and avid wreck diver who served six years as a US Marine Corps officer. Killing Shore is his first book. He resides near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

By: K. A. Nelson
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781955041294
ISBN 10: 1955041296
Pages: 395
Publication Date: 15 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Sources & Methodology Part I 1. Eins Zwei Drei 2. The Third Dimension of Warfare 3. The Gray Wolves 4. A Tide of Steel Part II 5. Varanger 6. India Arrow 7. R.P. Resor 8. USS Jacob Jones (DD-130) 9. Gulftrade 10. Tolten 11. Persephone 12. Berganger 13. Rio Tercero 14. John R. Williams 15. Pan Pennsylvania Part III 16. Wolfsdammerung 17. Bones in the Ocean Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography Endnotes

K. A. Nelson is a US Marine Corps veteran and wreck diver. He resides near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. See updates or contact him at KA-Nelson.com.

Reviews for Killing Shore: The True Story of Hitler's U-Boats off the New Jersey Coast

"""An amazing and keenly accurate saga of the horrific loss of men, merchant ships, and naval vessels off the Jersey Shore during World War II.""--Capt. Hugh Stephens, retired US Merchant Marine officer and WWII naval combat veteran ""An extraordinary investigation... a compelling and thoroughly researched account of a little-known chapter of global history. Undoubtedly of interest to both serious military historians and casual readers.""--Senator Kenneth Pugh Olavarr�a (Chile), retired admiral and nephew of Tolt�n second mate ""These words are real literature, not only war history... Your research and story gave me a new perspective on my father and enabled me to learn things about him I had never known.""--Dr. Wolf H�nert, son of U-550 commander"