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It was a man's world, and that world was at war. That didn't mean, though, that women couldn't be heroes... In the North Atlantic, the war is being lost. In 1942, the first full year of World War II, over six million tons of shipping are sunk in the North Atlantic. Britain is starving. Losses are staggering. U-boats on night patrol see the lights of Times Square and Miami Beach. All along the East Coast, Nazi torpedoes send crews and precious cargo to the bottom. Together, Otto and Viola Schmitt begin working the problem. This puts unprecedented stresses and demands on their marriage. The two develop the unbalanced magnetometer, which detects submarines by measuring the disruption U-boats cause in the earth's magnetic field. In the end, the M.A.D. system works. U-boat losses skyrocket. The Battle of the North Atlantic is won, paving the way for the invasion of North Africa and, later, D-Day. President Roosevelt acknowledges their critical contribution. This remarkable love story and its impact on history has remained top secret, hidden from public view, and largely unknown. Until now...

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