1941 The Second World War at Sea in Photographs

by PhilCarradice (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2014

  $18.37

  At the beginning of 1941, Britain stood alone against Germany and Italy. The Battle of the Atlantic was in full swing. Hitler's U-boats were operating in packs, descending on convoys and sinking many millions of tons of shipping. In May, the Bismarck left port, heading out into the North Atlantic. Sinking HMS Hood off Iceland, she was eventually cornered by the Royal Navy in the Bay of Biscay and sunk herself. A major breakthrough came when a naval Enigma code machine was captured from the U-boat U-110. With the attack in June by Hitler on Russia, convoys began to be sent up the coast of Norway to Murmansk and Archangel, carrying war material for the struggling Soviets. December 1941 saw the war become a truly global conflict, with the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Indonesia bringing the United States into the war.