CODE NAME CASESAR: THE SECRET HUNT FOR U-BOAT 864 DURING WORLD WAR II

Book ID/图书代码： 13009512B56178

English Summary/英文概要： As the Allies pressed forward both in Europe and the Pacific in the waning days of World War II, a little-known battle took place under the frozen seas off the coast of Norway…and changed the course of the war.

By February of 1944, both Germany and Japan were falling back under constant attack from Allied forces. The end would have been inevitable, if not for a desperate, audacious plan by the German High Command.

The Germans would pack a submarine—boat U-864—with their most advanced rocket and jet aircraft technology, a group of Japanese and German scientists, and tons of mercury for use in missile and torpedo detonation systems. With this, Japan could re-establish air superiority in the Pacific, forcing the Allies to divert troops and material long enough for Germany to re-group and prepare a final defense of the Fatherland.

Unknown to them, British codebreakers, working hand-in-hand with the Norwegian underground, had discovered what the Axis powers were up to. Chasing U-864 and her cargo throughout the North Atlantic, the British bombed German naval bases and hidden installations in an attempt to destroy the submarine and her hidden cargo. But in the end, she was able to head out to sea and attempt to complete her mission.

The British submarine HMS Venturer was waiting for her. In a cat-and-mouse silent battle beneath the waves, they hunted one another, each waiting to strike. The Venturer won the game, sinking U-864 and becoming the only submarine in history to sink another sub in underwater combat.

This is the action-packed, dramatic account of one of the unsung greatest victories in military history, and of a historical moment in the annals of naval warfare.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 二戰末期，當協約國在歐洲和太平洋地區慢慢推進時，挪威海岸邊發生了一場鮮有人知的戰爭，這次戰爭對大局起到的轉折性的影響。

1944年二月，協約國的連番進攻讓德國和日本節節敗退。如若不是德國最高統帥部制定了一個孤注一擲的大膽計劃，協約國的勝利已可以預視。

德國人準備將潛水艇艦艇U-864 與最高級的火箭、飛機技術、一組日本和德國科學家，以及用於導彈的大量水銀和魚雷引爆系統結合在一起。在這樣的條件下，日本就能拿回太平洋上空的制空權，分散協約國的兵力，使德國有時間重整軍隊，為奪回故鄉做充足的準備。

德國人和日本人卻不知道，英國的密碼破解員與挪威的地下情報組織聯手，已經獲悉軸心國的計劃。他們緊緊跟蹤行駛在北大西洋上的U-864和船上的貨物，英國轟炸了德國的海軍基地及其秘密裝置，企圖毀掉這艘秘密航行的潛水艇及其貨物。最終，這條潛水艇還是安然下水，完成了她的任務。

當然，前途依然坎坷，英國潛水艇“HMS冒險者”正等著她。水下正開展著這場無聲的貓鼠大戰。她們互相追逐，就等著對方垮掉。最後還是“冒險者”贏得了勝利，擊沉U-864，成為史上第一艘完全在水下擊沉另一艘潛水艇的戰艇。

本書對這場偉大的戰役做了詳盡、動感的描述。這場戰爭確定了歷史方向，還成為海軍戰爭史上的重要一戰。(Celia)

Awards/获奖情况：“作者在描寫這場二戰背後鮮有人知的戰役和戰爭後的影響時，作者同樣關注其中人的感受。精彩的情節讀起來像是緊張的驚悚故事。” ——《出版人週刊》

“歷史迷們有福了，這是一個鮮有人瞭解的水下戰役，潛水艇對潛水艇的追組狙擊。”——《紐約郵報》

“真是頂級戰爭小說。此書不但描寫了軸心國的潛水艇軍力，還有能鎮壓此種力量的協約國軍力。強烈推薦給任何對二戰感興趣或對潛水艇，海戰感興趣的讀者。”——暢銷書《奥马尔•布拉德利：在迪耶普護林員的戰爭將領》

PUBLISHER’s WEEKLY: "On February 9, 1945, the German U-boat 864 sank in the North Sea off the western coast of Norway. The undersea battle of U-864 and the British Nav’s HMS Venturer is the only recorded instance of one submarine stalking and sinking another while both were submerged. In 1944, with the Allies closing in, Hitler’s desperate stratagem was "sidetracking the Americans by racheting up the pressure in the Pacific,: sending German engineers, parts, and blueprints to Japan in order to jump-start production there of Germany’s advanced secret weapons. One of the items onboard was mercury, used in explosive detonators. yet surveillance by the Norwegian underground resistance movement of coast watchers and dockyard spies sealed U-864’s fate. Today, leakage of toxic mercury from the sunken sub off Norway’s coast is an environmental threat. With suspense surfacing amid the military intrigue, this latest by Preisler and former submariner Sewell (co-authors of ALL HANDS DOWN: The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion) reads like a tense thriller, but the authors lso keep a steady course on the human aspect of their tale as they reconstruct the events behind this little-know WWII incident and it’s aftermath.

About the Author/作者介绍： Jerome Preisler著有20本書，包括《紐約時報》暢銷書系列《Tom Clancy’s Power Plays》。他現在住在紐約。

Kenneth Sewell原先是潛水艇工作人員，后根劇自己的經驗與各位歷史學家共同寫作。

Jerome Preisler is the author of over twenty books including the New York Times bestselling series, Tom Clancy’s Power Plays. He lives in New York.

Kenneth Sewell is a former submariner and the co-author of Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine’s Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S

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