{"product_id":"the-capture-of-u-505-the-us-navys-controversial-enigma-raid-atlantic-ocean-1944-9781472849366","title":"The Capture of U-505: The Us Navy's Controversial Enigma Raid, Atlantic Ocean 1944","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eU-505 was the first enemy warship the US Navy captured at sea since 1812. This is a new account of how Captain Gallery planned and executed the raid on his own initiative, and how his success almost endangered the war against the U-boats.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn June 4, 1944 a US Navy antisubmarine task group in the Atlantic captured an enemy U-boat on the high seas. It was not the first time the Allies had taken a German U-boat as a prize, but the capture of U-505 was different. Captain Gallery and his Task Group 22.3 devised a risky plan to capture scuttled U-boats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book analyses in detail Gallery's dangerous strategy, using contemporary sources to explore why he thought the reward was worth the risk: instead of attempting to sink the next U-boat that surfaced among them, a destroyer escort would send off its whaleboat. Everyone else was to smother the U-boat with light gunfire to encourage its crew to abandon quickly. Unaware that the Allies had already cracked the German's codes and the capture of a U-boat could endanger that secret, Gallery hoped to capture the vessel's codes and coding equipment to read U-boat message traffic. The plan culminated in the capture of U-505 in early June, which nearly caused the exposure of the Bletchley Park codebreaking secret. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing contemporary photographs, specially commissioned artwork and 3D maps, this book is a fascinating exploration of one of the most controversial and dangerous raids, which could have changed the outcome of World War II as we know it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Lardas \u003c\/b\u003eholds a degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, but spent his early career at the Johnson Space Center doing Space Shuttle structural analysis, and space navigation. An amateur historian and a long-time ship modeler, Mark currently lives and works in League City, Texas. He has written extensively about modeling as well as naval, maritime, and military history.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Osprey Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635451592978,"sku":"9781472849366","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2ff14272-994b-4815-a4ba-4797dbd0f5fb.jpg?v=1759236757","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-capture-of-u-505-the-us-navys-controversial-enigma-raid-atlantic-ocean-1944-9781472849366","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}