The Road to Russia: Arctic Convoys 1942 - Hardcover

Edwards, Bernard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1591147328 ISBN 13: 9781591147329

Publisher: Naval Inst Pr, 2003

Synopsis

In the summer of 1942 Britain and the United States of America jointly agreed to provide massive quantities of arms and other vital war supplies to bolster Soviet Russia's struggle against Hitler's invasion. As might be expected, the bulk of these cargoes were carried in British and American merchant ships, with naval escorts.
Equally predictably, the leaders of Nazi Germany ordered that these allied convoys were to be continually harassed and destroyed by naval and air attacks. There followed a ferocious and prolonged campaign made the more deadly by the extreme weather conditions of the Arctic Sea.
In The Road to Russia - Arctic Convoys 1942, Bernard Edwards, the formidable naval historian, has researched the fate of Convoys PQ13 and PQ17 bound from Iceland to Northern Russia as well as the westbound Convoy QP13. Attacked relentlessly by aircraft and U-boats, the former lost a total of thirty ships while QP ran into a British minefield off Iceland, losing seven vessels.

About this title

About the Author:

Captain Bernard Edwards spent 37 years at sea with the Merchant Navy commanding ships trading worldwide before retiring to pursue his second career as a Naval historian. His knowledge of the sea and ships has enabled him to write a series of internationally recognised works including Beware Raiders!(Pen & Sword), They Sank The Red Dragon, Attack and Sink and Salvo!

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1591147328
• ISBN 13: 9781591147329
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 202