Norman Herz: 1 book
Operation Alacrity
The Azores and the War in the Atlantic
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
To win the war against German U-boats, the Allies had to protect their convoys in the vast black hole of the mid-Atlantic known as the Azores Gap. In 1943 they devised a plan to set up air bases on the Azores Islands, owned by neutral Portugal. It was essential for the operation to remain secret because...
