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Arctic Convoys, 1941–1945
About this book
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.
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- About the Author
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface
- Maps
- 1. ‘The world will hold its breath’
- 2. To the edge of the earth
- 3. Undertaking the impossible
- 4. ‘Now there is no end to our troubles’: Operation Dervish, and convoys PQl-6, QPl-4
- 5. ‘A matter of the highest urgency’: Convoys PQ7A-11, QP4-7
- 6. ‘Ideal weather for carrier aircraft’: Convoys PQ12, QP8
- 7. ‘Baptism of fire’: Convoys PQ13, QP9
- 8. ‘Just a process of attrition’: Convoys PQ14, QP10
- 9. ‘It is beginning to ask too much . . .’: Convoys PQ15, QPll
- 10. ‘Success was beyond expectation’: Convoys PQ16, QP12
- 11. ‘It is not enough’
- 12. ‘A serious fleet operation’: Convoys QP13, PQ17
- 13. ‘Sheer bloody murder’: Convoy PQ17
- 14. ‘An extremely hazardous undertaking’: Convoy PQ18
- 15. ‘For eighteen days there was no let-up’: Convoy QP14
- 16. ‘A tough blow for the Russians’: Operation FB and convoy QP15
- 17. ‘Only destroyers’: Convoys JW51A and B, RA51
- 18. ‘Dangerous work in hazardous circumstances’: Convoys JW52-54A, RA52-54A
- 19. ‘An inconvenient, extreme and costly exertion’: Convoys JW54A-55B, RA54B
- 20. We’re going alongside the bastard!’: Convoys JW55B, RA55A, The Battle of North Cape
- 21. They never let me down’: Convoys JW56A-58, RA55B-59
- 22. ‘Allies, or just two nations?’: Convoys JW59-62, RA60-62
- 23. We are having a bad time with the U-boats’: Convoys JW63-64, RA63-64
- 24. The true glory: Convoys JW65-67, RA65-67
- Convoy dispositions
- Notes
- Sources and bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Plate section