Code Name Caesar by Jerome Preisler

Code Name Caesar by Jerome Preisler

As World War II was nearing its end Hitler desperately tried to land a decisive blow against the Allies. He ordered U-Boat U-864 to transport blueprints, parts and scientists to Japan, providing the Japanese with Germany's most advanced rocket and aircraft technology. It was a decision that could have lengthened the war. With this technology the Japanese would divert more Allied troops to the war in the Pacific and give Germany time to regroup. British codebreakers based at Bletchley Park discovered Hitler's plan and, working with the Norwegian resistance movement, the RAF sent its 'Dambuster' squadron on bombing raids against German naval installations in an attempt to destroy the U-Boat and its deadly cargo. However, U-864 evaded all attempts to destroy it and was able to slip out to sea. Off the Norwegian coast the British submarine HMS Venturer lay in wait for the U-Boat, and the two would engage in a cat-and-mouse battle that would change the course of the war. It is the only recorded instance of a submarine being sunk by another submarine while both were submerged and many of the men abroad HMS Venturer would be awarded for their courage by King George VI. Jerome Preisler and Kenneth Sewell recreate one of the least-known, but most crucial, victories of World War II. Drawing on military and naval archives, interviews with those involved and archive photographs Code Name Caesar brings the tense, action-packed underwater battle alive with all the suspense of a thriller.

A native New Yorker with roots in Brooklyn, Jerome Preisler is a prolific author who has written almost thirty books of fiction and nonfiction, including all eight novels in the #1 New York Times best-selling TOM CLANCY'S POWER PLAYS series. POWER PLAYS has been published in multiple languages and sold millions of copies in the U.S. and overseas. Kenneth R. Sewell is a nuclear engineer and a US Navy veteran who spent five years aboard the USS Parche, a fast attack submarine that was the Navy's most decorated ship. The USS Parche conducted a number of special operations. In addition to Code Name Caesar, he is the author of the New York Times bestseller Red Star Rogue, All Hands Down and Blind Man's Bluff. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.

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ISBN 13	9780285642577
ISBN 10	028564257X
Title	Code Name Caesar
Author	Jerome Preisler
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Profile Books Ltd
Year published	2014-04-07
Number of pages	304
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