Alejandro De Quesada

US Coast Guard in World War II (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Walsh, Stephen

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Alex de Quesada reveals the full history of the US Coast Guard throughout World War II in this Elite title. In particular, the book draws attention to the little-known story of how the US Coast Guard ran a number of the landing craft throughout D-Day in 1944 as well as providing crucial anti-U-boat patrols throughout the war years. A number of Coast Guard servicemen were lost in these two campaigns, and their undeniable contribution to the US war effort deserves greater recognition. The Coast Guard also provided aviators and gunners to the Merchant Marine and manned Port Security Services. These roles are all fully explained and illustrated with rare photographs and specially commissioned artwork.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780962153
• Artikelnr.: 38436997

Autorenporträt

Alejandro de Quesada is a Florida-based military history writer, an experienced researcher and collector of militaria, photos and documents, who runs an archive and historical consultancy for museums and films as a secondary business. He has written over 100 articles and over 25 books, including several for Osprey, and is a leading authority on Latin American subjects.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Pre-war Coast Guard
The Coast Guard Auxiliary
The Coast Guard at War
Home Front
The Aleutian Campaign
The Battle of the Atlantic
North Africa and Italy
Normandy invasion
Pacific Theatre: From Pearl Harbor to the Philippines
Victory
Uniforms
Bibliography