World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: Torpedo Terror

In nearly six months of war the U.S. has not been able to turn the tide of its nearest battle. As the first half-year of U.S. participation in World War II drew to a close, Americans grew more & more uneasily aware that the battle of ship lanes was going unfavorably, that sinkings were on the increase, that Hitler's raiding U-boats were having a disruptive effect on the economy of a nation at war.

In the press was a new note of apprehension that the Navy was not attacking the U-boat problem with...

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