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Forgotten Sacrifice
The Arctic Convoys of World War II
Forgotten Sacrifice
The Arctic Convoys of World War II
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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.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Briefing
Chapter 2: Skirmishing, August 1941–March 1942
Chapter 3: Arctic Shooting Gallery, March 1942
Chapter 4: Fateful Voyages, April–June 1942
Chapter 5: White Nights, May 1942
Chapter 6: Apocalypse, June–July 1942
Chapter 7: Task Forces, July–September 1942
Chapter 8: An Autumn in Hell, September–December 1942
Chapter 9: German Götterdämmerung, December 1942–May 1945
Chapter 10: A Few Final Words
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Product details
| Published | 20 Jan 2016 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 292 |
| ISBN | 9781472811103 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 20 b/w |
| Dimensions | 233 x 152 mm |
| Series | General Military |
| Short code | GNM |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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