Convoy Will Scatter
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Convoy Will Scatter
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Author : Bernard Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2013-06-12
Convoy Will Scatter written by Bernard Edwards 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 2013-06-12 with History categories.
On 5 November, 1940 the eastbound convoy HX 84 of thirty-seven merchant ships, escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay, was attacked in mid-Atlantic by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. The Jervis Bay, commanded by Captain Edward Fegen, charged at the enemy. Hopelessly out-gunned, she was blown out of the water by the Scheer's 11-inch guns.??Meanwhile, led by HX 84's commodore ship, the Cardiff tramp Cornish City, the merchantmen scattered under the cover of a smoke screen, were picked off one by one by the radar-equipped Admiral Scheer.??Captain Hugh Pettigrew, commanding the highly armed Canadian Pacific cargo liner Beaverford, began a desperate game of hide and seek with the Scheer, which continued until Beaverford was sunk with no survivors. Thanks to this sacrifice, incredibly only four other merchantmen were sunk.??Later the neutral flag Swedish freighter Stureholm, commanded by Captain Olander, picked up survivors from the Jervis Bay. Without this brave and dangerous gesture no one would have lived to tell the tale of the death throes of the Jervis Bay, whose Captain was awarded the VC.??Sadly, the history books only mention the Beaverford and the Stureholm in passing. This thrilling book puts the record straight.
Convoy Is To Scatter
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Author : Jack Broome
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 1972
Convoy Is To Scatter written by Jack Broome and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Naval convoys categories.
The Convoy Is To Scatter
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Author : Walter John Baker
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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World War Ii At Sea
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Author : Craig L. Symonds
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-04-02
World War Ii At Sea written by Craig L. Symonds and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-02 with History categories.
Author of Lincoln and His Admirals (winner of the Lincoln Prize), The Battle of Midway (Best Book of the Year, Military History Quarterly), and Operation Neptune, (winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature), Craig L. Symonds has established himself as one of the finest naval historians at work today. World War II at Sea represents his crowning achievement: a complete narrative of the naval war and all of its belligerents, on all of the world's oceans and seas, between 1939 and 1945. Opening with the 1930 London Conference, Symonds shows how any limitations on naval warfare would become irrelevant before the decade was up, as Europe erupted into conflict once more and its navies were brought to bear against each other. World War II at Sea offers a global perspective, focusing on the major engagements and personalities and revealing both their scale and their interconnection: the U-boat attack on Scapa Flow and the Battle of the Atlantic; the "miracle" evacuation from Dunkirk and the pitched battles for control of Norway fjords; Mussolini's Regia Marina-at the start of the war the fourth-largest navy in the world-and the dominance of the Kidö Butai and Japanese naval power in the Pacific; Pearl Harbor then Midway; the struggles of the Russian Navy and the scuttling of the French Fleet in Toulon in 1942; the landings in North Africa and then Normandy. Here as well are the notable naval leaders-FDR and Churchill, both self-proclaimed "Navy men," Karl Dönitz, François Darlan, Ernest King, Isoroku Yamamoto, Erich Raeder, Inigo Campioni, Louis Mountbatten, William Halsey, as well as the hundreds of thousands of seamen and officers of all nationalities whose live were imperiled and lost during the greatest naval conflicts in history, from small-scale assaults and amphibious operations to the largest armadas ever assembled. Many have argued that World War II was dominated by naval operations; few have shown and how and why this was the case. Symonds combines precision with story-telling verve, expertly illuminating not only the mechanics of large-scale warfare on (and below) the sea but offering wisdom into the nature of the war itself.
Pearl Harbor Attack
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Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
Pearl Harbor Attack written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 categories.
Convoy Is To Scatter
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Author : Jack Broome
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Convoy Is To Scatter written by Jack Broome and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with History categories.
Beretning om konvojen PQ17s tragiske sejlads fra Island mod Kola-halvøen. Der er et stort indhold af de udvekslede signaler mellem konvojen og hovedkvarteret. En hel del tegninger med humoristisk indhold
Arctic Convoys
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Author : David Kenyon
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2023-11-21
Arctic Convoys written by David Kenyon and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-21 with History categories.
An incisive account of the Arctic convoys, and the essential role Bletchley Park and Special Intelligence played in Allied success Between 1941 and 1945, more than eight hundred shiploads of supplies were delivered to the Soviet Union protected by allied naval forces. Each journey was a battle against the elements, with turbulent seas, extreme cold, and the constant dread of torpedoes. These Arctic convoys have been mythologized as defenseless vessels at the mercy of deadly U-boats—but was this really the case? David Kenyon explores the story of the war in the Arctic, revealing that the contest was more evenly balanced that previously thought. Battles included major ship engagements, aircraft carriers, and combat between surface ships. Amid this wide range of forces, Bletchley Park’s Naval Section played a decisive role in Arctic operations, with both sides relying heavily on Signals Intelligence to intercept and break each other’s codes. Kenyon presents a vivid picture of the Arctic theater of war, unearthing the full-scale campaign for naval supremacy in northern waters.
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.
The Decoys
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Author : Bernard Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2012-10-30
The Decoys written by Bernard Edwards 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 2012-10-30 with History categories.
In November 1942, Britain and America launched Operation TORCH, the ambitious invasion of French North Africa.To convey 70,000 troops and their equipment required 600 merchant ships crossing the U-boat infested North Atlantic. The need for their protection meant withdrawing escorts from the routine convoys. Amongst those left without adequate defence were RB 1 and SC 107, both eastbound from America, and SL 125, northbound from Freetown. All three were at sea at the same time as the TORCH convoys.
Calendar Of State Papers Domestic Series Of The Commonwealth 1649 1660
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Author : Great Britain. Public Record Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
Calendar Of State Papers Domestic Series Of The Commonwealth 1649 1660 written by Great Britain. Public Record Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Archives categories.