Progressive Century: The American Nation in Its Second Hundred YearsD. C. Heath, 1975 - 558 pages |
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Page 162
... U - boats would sink no more merchant ships without warning and without caring for passengers and crew . But the pledge was qualified . The United States , for its part , would have to persuade the Allies to give up their blockade of ...
... U - boats would sink no more merchant ships without warning and without caring for passengers and crew . But the pledge was qualified . The United States , for its part , would have to persuade the Allies to give up their blockade of ...
Page 168
... U - boats - the seemingly ubiquitous U - boats - posed a constant threat on the seas as they sank one out of every four ships using British ports . America's declaration of war had no immediate discernible effect on the battlefields of ...
... U - boats - the seemingly ubiquitous U - boats - posed a constant threat on the seas as they sank one out of every four ships using British ports . America's declaration of war had no immediate discernible effect on the battlefields of ...
Page 339
... U - boats were unavoidable . In September the U.S.S. Greer sustained fire from a German submarine , on October 17 , 1941 , tor- pedoes damaged the destroyer Kearney , and on October 31 U - boats sank the Reuben James . With the United ...
... U - boats were unavoidable . In September the U.S.S. Greer sustained fire from a German submarine , on October 17 , 1941 , tor- pedoes damaged the destroyer Kearney , and on October 31 U - boats sank the Reuben James . With the United ...
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Times and Tensions of a Developing Industrial Society | 3 |
Maps | 21 |
Part | 69 |
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