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Convoy Murmansk

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Author : W. A. Senovitz
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2013-07

Convoy Murmansk written by W. A. Senovitz and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Frozen Fury

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Author : John L. Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Publishamerica Incorporated
Release Date : 2010-05

Frozen Fury written by John L. Haynes and has been published by Publishamerica Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

A story of patriotism and heroism, this is the personal account of an18-year-old Armed Guard gunner with Convoy PQ-13, the first convoy to feel the full fury of German attacks at the beginning of WW2.Merchant ships were enlisted to deliver war materials to Murmansk, Russia. The crew aboard the Eldena was made up of experienced civilian seamen and a few gunners fresh from Navy basic training. Plowing through huge floes of field ice, with temperatures dropping to -60?, wind forces of 60-80 knots, and waves 30-50 ft. high, the PQ-13 ships were encumbered with massive coats of ice. Fierce encounters with German Wolf Pack submarines, surface raiders, and bombers sank many of the merchant ships at sea. In port in Murmansk, the city and arriving ships were under constant air attack, and many ships were sunk or destroyed at the docks as war materials were off-loaded.

Arctic Convoys 1941 1945

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Author : Richard Woodman
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2018-01-30

Arctic Convoys 1941 1945 written by Richard Woodman and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-30 with History categories.

The story of Allied merchant ships and crews who braved the frigid far north to extend a lifeline to Russia, filled with “sheer heroism and brazen drama” (Literary Review). During the last four years of the Second World War, the Western Allies secured Russian defenses against Germany by supplying vital food and arms. The plight of those in Murmansk and Archangel who benefited is now well known, but few are aware of the courage, determination, and sacrifice of Allied merchant ships, which withstood unremitting U-boat attacks and aerial bombardment to maintain the lifeline to Russia. In the storms, fog, and numbing cold of the Arctic, where the sinking of a ten thousand–ton freighter was equal to a land battle in terms of destruction, the losses sustained were huge. Told from the perspective of their crews, this is the inspiring story of the long-suffering merchant ships without which Russia would almost certainly have fallen to Nazi Germany.

Diary Of Squandered Valor

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Author : Dalton Leslie Munn
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2013-01-01

Diary Of Squandered Valor written by Dalton Leslie Munn and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with History categories.

"A Gunner's Mate's gripping account of his ship's terrifying run through German U-boats' infamous gauntlet of death in the icy North Seas--in the U.S.'s first convoy to Russia before World War II was even declared"--Provided by publisher.

The Road To Russia

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Author : Bernard Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2002-01-01

The Road To Russia written by Bernard Edwards and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with History categories.

Bernard Edwards, the formidable naval historian, has researched the fate of Convoys PQ13 and PQ17 bound from Iceland to Northern Russia as well as the westbound Convoy QP13. Attacked relentlessly by aircraft and U-boats, the former lost a total of thirty ships while QP13 ran into a British minefield off Iceland, losing seven vessels. The Road to Russia is an important addition to the bibliography of this bitterly fought campaign.

The Arctic Convoys 1941 1945

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Author : Richard Woodman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994

The Arctic Convoys 1941 1945 written by Richard Woodman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Naval convoys categories.

For the last four gruelling years of the war, the Western Allies supplied arms and ammunition to Soviet Russia. These supplies were essential to the Russian war effort, and so the Germans were determined to cut them off. Allied merchant ships ran the gauntlet of the icy Barents Sea, outflanked by German bases in Norway, from where bombers, surface warships and U-boats could attack without warning. Each delivery of arms was an epic achievement. In fact an eminent British historian described it as undertaking the impossible.;Under pressure from both Stalin and Roosevelt, Churchill compelled the hardpressed British navy to fight convoy after convoy through to Murmansk and Archangel, with considerable loss in a campaign which was war a l'outrance, where the sinking of a single 10,000-ton freighter was the equivalent, in terms of material destroyed, of a land battle. It was the Arctic that saw the last concentration of the U-boats, driven from their former French bases; the Arctic that saw the last Royal Naval ship sunk in European waters; and the Arctic that saw the greatest defeat of a convoy in modern history. It was a theatre dominated by the weather: fog, storm-force winds and the ever-present numbing cold. Accretions of ice could, and did, deprive ships of their stability and cause them to capsize, while either the Arctic gloom or the midnight sun mocked embattled men haggard with exhaustion.;The debacle of PQ17, the surface actions, the U-boat attacks and running air battles culminating in the final destruction of the Scharnhorst are fully covered, but so too are the personal angle and the perspective of the long-suffering merchant ships and their crews, together with the political implications. The author, himself a professional seaman, has carried out a major and comprehensive review of naval operations in the Arctic which, ironically for Britain and the United States, left Stalin's Russia the dominating power in postwar Europe.

Arctic Convoy Pq8

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Author : Michael Wadsworth
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2009-11-30

Arctic Convoy Pq8 written by Michael Wadsworth and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-30 with History categories.

When Robert Brundle took the SS Harmatris to Russia with Convoy PQ8 he was 47 years of age. Both ship and master were veterans and had already sailed in convoys across the North Atlantic and to South Africa. The 5,395 ton coal fired ship, laden with 8,000 tons of armaments originally set sail on 27 November 1941 to join convoy PQ6 but encountered a fierce storm in which a lorry broke free in the hold and started a fierce blaze below decks. Despite valiant attempts to extinguish the fire the Harmatris was forced to return to Glasgow for repair. Having discharged its cargo, examined and repaired the holds, it restowed and finally put to sea again on 26 December. She was now to join PQ8 and Brundle was elected Convoy Commodore. Two minesweepers, a cruiser and two destroyers escorted the eight merchant vessels.On 8 January the convoy left Reykjavik bound for Murmansk. Harmatris was struck by two torpedoes in No 1 hold which caused flooding. A third torpedo struck her a few hours later and the crew evacuated to HMS Speedwell in attendance. A volunteer crew reboarded and Speedwell took the wounded ship in tow. During the night the same U Boat that had struck Harmatris sunk the destroyer Matabele with the loss of all but two of her crew. A tug eventually replaced Speedwell and the entire crew now returned to their still stricken vessel. On 18 January the ships were twice attacked by low flying Heinkels. The stricken Harmatris finally berthed in Murmansk at 0800 on 20 January. Once unloaded the battered ship entered dry dock on 10 February. The damage was considerable. In a temperature of 40 degrees below zero the crew set about the repairs. It was difficult to locate engine parts and local labor was scarce.During the following months the crew continued to work on the ship, food was scarce and the port was frequently bombed by the Luftwaffe. Several ships close to Harmatris were sunk. It was 21 July when the ship finally left for Archangel. She took aboard a cargo of 3,000 tons of steel pipes and on 13 September she was instructed to join a convoy of 20 ships, QP14 for her return voyage. On 19 September the minesweeper HMS Leda, steaming close by Harmartris, was torpedoed. The convoy was under almost continuous U Boat attack and suffered six losses. As a result of his heroic efforts to preserve his ship and crew Captain Brundle was awarded the OBE and the Lloyds War Medal. He died in 1960 at the age of 66.

The Arctic Convoys

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Author : B. B. Schofield
language : en
Publisher: London : Macdonald and Jane's
Release Date : 1977

The Arctic Convoys written by B. B. Schofield and has been published by London : Macdonald and Jane's this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with History categories.

World War II transportation of supplies to the Russian port of Murmansk.

Forgotten Sacrifice

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Author : Michael G. Walling
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-10-20

Forgotten Sacrifice written by Michael G. Walling and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-20 with History categories.

Award-winning historian Mike Walling captures the essence of the Arctic Convoys of World War II. 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. Drawing on hundreds of oral histories from eyewitnesses and veterans of the convoys, plus original research into the Russian Navy archives at Murmansk, historian Michael G. Walling offers a fresh retelling of one of World War II's pivotal yet largely overlooked campaigns.

Ordeal Below Zero

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Author : Georges Blond
language : en
Publisher: Firecrest/Chivers Press
Release Date : 1987

Ordeal Below Zero written by Georges Blond and has been published by Firecrest/Chivers Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.

From August 1941 convoys of merchant ships gathered in Scottish ports or at Reykjavik and crossed the Arctic Ocean carrying war materials and Red Cross supplies for the Russian cities of Murmansk and Archangel. Each voyage was a struggle for survival through treacherous seas, ice-packs, snowstorms, and the Arctic darkness. The sailors struggled against German bomber planes, U-Boats, and destroyers, as well as the battleship Tirpitz. To survive the sea crossing was just the beginning as they also had to survive the Arctic winter. Georges Blond recreates these voyages, and the heroism of the ships' crews, through official documents, ships' logs, and eye-witness testimony. He conveys the drama and feats of endurance that led Winston Churchill to describe the Arctic convoys as "the worst journey in the world."