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27%OFFMichael G. Walling - Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War II - 9781472811103 - V9781472811103
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Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War II

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Description for Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War II Paperback. In 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union in the largest offensive operation ever undertaken. Drawing on hundreds of oral histories from eyewitnesses and veterans of the convoys, and research into the Russian Navy archives at Murmansk, the author retells of one of World War II's pivotal yet largely overlooked campaigns. Series: General Military. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSR; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152. Weight in Grams: 367.
In 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union in the largest offensive operation ever undertaken. Operation Barbarossa saw defeat after defeat heaped on the Soviet army. With Russia's forces left staggering under the strain and in desperate need of supplies, Britain and the United States launched an ambitious operation to resupply the Soviet Union using convoys sent through the Arctic. Their journey was punctuated by torpedo attacks in freezing conditions, Stuka dive bombers, naval gun fire, and weeks of total darkness in the Arctic winter, with ships disappearing below the waves weighed down by the ice and snow on their decks. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
407 g
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472811103
SKU
V9781472811103
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99-50

About Michael G. Walling
Michael G. Walling is author of several books, including Bloodstained Sea, winner of the 2005 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature. An internationally recognized World War II expert, Walling is a contributing author to the US Naval Institute's Naval History magazine and has appeared on The History Channel and PBS as an aviation and naval expert. After graduating from ... Read more

Reviews for Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War II
This volume fills in a part of history little known to the average student of the Second World War and is important in the wider knowledge of that time.
Richard Mataka, www.mataka.org Relying on anecdores from the written accounts of crewmen who served on board the merchantmen and their naval escorts, Walling provides readers with ... Read more

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