{"product_id":"9781491752692","title":"Imprisoned in the Caribbean: The 1942 German U-boat Blockade","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinston Churchill recognized in his memoirs: “The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.”\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHis fears would be realized in the Caribbean: By the end of the war, the Germans had sunk four hundred merchant ships in the Caribbean while only losing seventeen U-boats in what was called Operation Neuland.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBegun in 1942, the campaign sought to cut the supply lines from the Caribbean to the Allies with the intention of strangling their import-based economies. Colonies of various empires would be left to fend for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDr. Ligia T. Domenech explores how the campaign hurt the people of the Caribbean, focusing on her native Puerto Rico. Learn about the principal targets of the German U-boats in the Caribbean, the United States’ reaction to Operation Neuland, the shortage of essential goods, new industries that developed during the war period, and the blockade’s long-lasting effects.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTo this day, the public and even most historians don’t know about the blockade’s devastating effects and what it meant to be \u003ci\u003eImprisoned in the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131931410672,"sku":"9781491752692","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781491752692_p0.jpg?v=1763659590","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781491752692","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}