Battleground Atlantic: How the Sinking of a Single Japanese Submarine Assured the Outcome of World War II
by Billings, Richard N
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy in fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0451217667
- ISBN 13
- 9780451217660
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In June, 1944, U.S. Navy warplanes sank a Japanese submarine called the I-52 in the Atlantic, an event of enormous strategic importance. For the I-52 was to return to Japan with the lethal ingredients of a doomsday weapon-the radiological bomb-which remained a government secret for years.The I-52's resting place became public in 1995. Author Richard N. Billings worked with Paul Tidwell-who discovered the I-52 and is attempting to salvage its precious gold cargo-in bringing this long-classified mission to light. Finally, this is the story of how the I-52 mission may have influenced President Truman's decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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- Title
- Battleground Atlantic: How the Sinking of a Single Japanese Submarine Assured the Outcome of World War II
- Author
- Billings, Richard N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy in fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0451217667
- ISBN 13
- 9780451217660
- Publisher
- NAL Caliber
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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