Freedom's Battle: The War at Sea, 1939-45 v. 1

Freedom's Battle: The War at Sea, 1939-45 v. 1

by JohnWinton (Editor), EarlMountbatten (Editor)

Synopsis

Far more than the First, the Second World War produced hundreds of actions and incidents at sea which were packed with drama and suspense and which evoked the highest heroism. Here is a generous selection of personal experience written by the men and women who were there: in the British and Commonwealth Navies, the Fleet Air Arm, the Merchant Navy, or ashore. Names which have passed into history - Narvik, Dunkirk, the River Plate, Taranto, the Bismarck, Crete, the Battle of the Atlantic, the Russian convoys - all these and many others are reflected in eyewitness accounts (some classics of their kind; others little known or previously unpublished). Few books contain so much that is exciting and so much that is heroic. The sea is a way of life: all those who lived it are represented, from the great Admirals and Captains right through the scale to the humblest sailor or Wren.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Pimlico
Published: 01 Sep 1994

ISBN 10: 071266064X
ISBN 13: 9780712660648

Author Bio
John Winton joined the Royal Navy in 1949 and retired in 1963 as a Lieutenant-Commander. He is widely known as a novelist and historian of the sea. His books include Find, Fix and Strike: The Fleet Air Arm at War 1939-45; War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay. John Winton died in 2001.