{"product_id":"codename-nemo-the-hunt-for-a-nazi-u-boat-and-the-elusive-enigma-machine-9798895150313","title":"Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and the Elusive Enigma Machine","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharles 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 59 German sailors captured on the high seas were imprisoned in a POW camp in Ruston, Louisiana, until their release in 1946. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA deeply researched, fast-paced World War II narrative for the ages, Charles Lachman's \u003ci\u003eCodename Nemo\u003c\/i\u003e traces every step of this historic pursuit on the deadly seas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Lachman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books of narrative nonfiction, including the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eCodename Nemo, Footsteps in the Snow, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Last Lincolns\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have been praised by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e New York Post, and The Christian Science Monito\u003c\/i\u003er, and have been adapted into CNN and Lifetime docuseries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is also the executive producer of \u003ci\u003eInside Editio\u003c\/i\u003en, the most widely watched syndicated news magazine in the United States. He has been featured on \u003ci\u003eCBS Mornings\u003c\/i\u003e, CNN, MSNBC, History, Lifetime, C-Span, Sirius\/XM, and other local and national programs. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Diversion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51276798755090,"sku":"9798895150313","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ebb2e729-a902-42cf-b716-0076e4e46e7e.jpg?v=1765972386","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/codename-nemo-the-hunt-for-a-nazi-u-boat-and-the-elusive-enigma-machine-9798895150313","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}