Arctic Convoys Format:Paperback Advanced manoeuvres like going upwind

Advanced manoeuvres like going upwind

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Arctic Convoys Format:Paperback Advanced manoeuvres like going upwindBetween 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 defenceless vessels at the mercy of deadly U boatsbut was this really the case? David Kenyon explores the story of the war in the Arctic, revealing