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Title: ARCTIC CONVOYS 1941-1945
By: Richard Woodman
Format: Paperback

List price: £25.00
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ISBN 10: 1844156117
ISBN 13: 9781844156115
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Publisher: PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 12 March, 2007
Pages: 532
Description: During the last four years of the Second World War, the Western Allies secured Russian defences against Germany by supplying vital food and arms. This work presents the story of the long-suffering merchant ships without which Russia would almost certainly have fallen to Nazi Germany.
Synopsis: During the last four years of the Second World War, the Western Allies secured Russian defences 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 10,000 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.
Illustrations: 16PP B&W Photos
Publication: UK
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Returns: Returnable
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A BRIG OF WAR
A BRITANNIA'S REALM (HB)
A FIDDLER'S GREEN (PB)
A KING'S CUTTER
A LOW SET OF BLACKGUARDS - THE EAST INDIA COMPANY & ITS MARITIME SERVICE
A MASTERS UNDER GOD (PB)
A MORE DAYS MORE DOLLARS (HB)
A NEPTUNE'S TRIDENT (HB)
A PRIVATE REVENGE
A PRIVATE REVENGE
A PRIVATE REVENGE
A PRIVATE REVENGE (HB)
A SHIP FOR THE KING
A SHIP FOR THE KING
A SHIP FOR THE KING (AUD)
A SHIP FOR THE KING (CD)
A SHIP FOR THE KING (CD)
A SHIP FOR THE KING (HB)
A SHIP FOR THE KING (HB)
A SHIP FOR THE KING (PB)
ACT OF TERROR (AUD)
ACT OF TERROR (CD)
ACT OF TERROR (HB)
AN EYE OF THE FLEET
ANTIGONE (AUD)
ANTIGONE (CD)
ARCTIC CONVOYS (PB)
BALTIC MISSION
BALTIC MISSION (HB)
BALTIC MISSION (PB)
BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE (HB)
BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE (PB)
BENEATH THE AURORA
BENEATH THE AURORA (AUD)
BENEATH THE AURORA (PB)
BENEATH THE AURORA (PB)
BLUE FUNNEL (PB)
BOMB VESSEL (AUD)
BOMB VESSEL (PB)
BRIG OF WAR (HB)
BRIG OF WAR (PB)
BRITANNIA'S REALM
CAPTAIN OF THE CARYATID (AUD)
CORVETTE (PB)
DARKENING SEA (PB)
DEAD MAN TALKING
DEAD MAN TALKING (AUD)
DEAD MAN TALKING (HB)
DEATH OR DAMNATION: NATHANIEL DRINKWATER OMNIBUS 4 (PB)
DISTANT GUNFIRE: NATHANIEL DRINKWATER OMNIBUS 5 (PB)
EBB TIDE
EBB TIDE (AUD)
EBB TIDE (CD)
EBB TIDE (PB)
EBB TIDE (PB)
EBB TIDE (PB)
ENDANGERED SPECIES
ENDANGERED SPECIES (PB)
EYE OF THE FLEET (PB)
EYE OF THE FLEET (PB)
EYE OF THE FLEET (PB)
FIDDLER'S GREEN
FLYING SQUADRON (PB)
FLYING SQUADRON (PB)
FLYING SQUADRON (PB)
FOR KING OR COMMONWEALTH
FOR KING OR COMMONWEALTH (AUD)
FOR KING OR COMMONWEALTH (CD)
FOR KING OR COMMONWEALTH (CD)
FOR KING OR COMMONWEALTH (HB)
FOR KING OR COMMONWEALTH (HB)
FOR KING OR COMMONWEALTH (PB)
HISTORY OF THE SHIP (PB)
HISTORY OF THE SHIP (PB)
IN DISTANT WATERS
IN DISTANT WATERS (HB)
IN DISTANT WATERS (PB)
KEEPERS OF THE SEA (HB)
LIGHT UPON THE WATERS (HB)
LIGHT UPON THE WATERS (PB)
MALTA CONVOYS, 1940-1943 (HB)
MASTERS UNDER GOD
MORE DAYS MORE DOLLARS
NATHANIEL DRINKWATER OMNI 2 (PB)
NEPTUNE'S TRIDENT
PRIVATE REVENGE (PB)
RESEARCH IN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT (HB)
RESEARCH IN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT (HB)
RIVER IN BORNEO
RIVER IN BORNEO (HB)
SHADOW OF THE EAGLE (PB)
SWORD OF STATE: THE FORGING
SWORD OF STATE: THE FORGING (CD)
SWORD OF STATE: THE FORGING (CD)
SWORD OF STATE: THE TEMPERING
SWORD OF STATE: THE TEMPERING (CD)
SWORD OF STATE: THE TEMPERING (CD)
SWORD OF STATE: THE WIELDING
SWORD OF STATE: THE WIELDING (CD)
SWORD OF STATE: THE WIELDING (CD)
THE ANTIGONE (HB)
THE ANTIGONE (HB)
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SEAMAN (PB)
THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE (HB)
THE BLAZE OF GLORY: NATHANIEL DRINKWATER OMNIBUS 3 (PB)
THE BOMB VESSEL
THE CORVETTE
THE CORVETTE, THE (HB)
THE CRUISE OF THE COMMISSIONER (AUD)
THE DARKENING SEA
THE DARKENING SEA (PB)
THE DISASTROUS VOYAGE OF THE SANTA MARGARITA
THE DISASTROUS VOYAGE OF THE SANTA MARGARITA (AUD)
THE DISASTROUS VOYAGE OF THE SANTA MARGARITA (CD)
THE DISASTROUS VOYAGE OF THE SANTA MARGARITA (CD)
THE DISASTROUS VOYAGE OF THE SANTA MARGARITA (HB)
THE DISASTROUS VOYAGE OF THE SANTA MARGARITA (HB)
THE DISASTROUS VOYAGE OF THE SANTA MARGARITA (PB)
THE EAST INDIAMAN (AUD)
THE EAST INDIAMAN (CD)
THE EAST INDIAMAN (HB)
THE FIRST NATHANIEL DRINKWATER OMNIBUS (PB)
THE FLYING SQUADRON
THE FLYING SQUADRON (AUD)
THE GUINEAMAN (CD)
THE GUINEAMAN, THE (AUD)
THE HISTORY OF THE SHIP
THE HISTORY OF THE SHIP (HB)
THE HISTORY OF THE SHIP (HB)
THE HISTORY OF THE SHIP (PB)
THE ICE MASK
THE ICE MASK (AUD)
THE ICE MASK (HB)
THE KING'S CHAMELEON
THE KING'S CHAMELEON
THE KING'S CHAMELEON (AUD)
THE KING'S CHAMELEON (CD)
THE KING'S CHAMELEON (CD)
THE KING'S CHAMELEON (HB)
THE KING'S CHAMELEON (HB)
THE LIGHTHOUSES OF TRINITY HOUSE
THE LIGHTHOUSES OF TRINITY HOUSE (HB)
THE MERCHANT NAVY
THE MERCHANT NAVY
THE MERCHANT NAVY (PB)
THE PRIVATEERSMAN (CD)
THE PRIVATEERSMAN (HB)
THE PRIVATEERSMAN, THE (AUD)
THE REAL CRUEL SEA (PB)
THE REAL CRUEL SEA (PB)
THE SEA WARRIORS (PB)
THE SEA WARRIORS (PB)
THE SECOND NATHANIEL DRINKWATER OMNIBUS (PB)
THE SHADOW OF THE EAGLE
THE SHADOW OF THE EAGLE (AUD)
THE SHADOW OF THE EAGLE (PB)
THE STORY OF SAIL (HB)
THE VICTORY OF SEAPOWER (PB)
THE VICTORY OF SEAPOWER, 1806-14 (HB)
UNDER FALSE COLOURS
UNDER FALSE COLOURS (AUD)
UNDER FALSE COLOURS (PB)
UNDER FALSE COLOURS (PB)
UNDER SAIL (AUD)
UNDER SAIL (PB)
WAGER
WAGER (AUD)
WAGER (CD)
WAGER (PB)
WATERFRONT (PB)
WATERFRONT (PB)

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