The British Sailor of the Second World War
Description
The dramatic story of how the Royal Navy transformed ordinary citizens into first-rate sailors and navy personnel during the Second World War.
This concise introduction, illustrated in the classic Shire Library style, contains:
- how naval forces were recruited and trained
- how they endured life at sea in hostile waters
- their experiences protecting convoys in the Mediterranean, hunting submarines in the Atlantic, and standing up to relentless air attacks in the Pacific.
Told through vivid first-hand accounts of life onboard, it reveals what it was like to be a sailor navigating, patrolling, and fighting in the largest theatre of the war – the vast oceans.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Learning the Ropes
Life on Board
A Cruel Sea
Fury in the Mediterranean
In Eastern Seas
Demobilisation
Suggested reading
Places to visit
Index
Learning the Ropes
Life on Board
A Cruel Sea
Fury in the Mediterranean
In Eastern Seas
Demobilisation
Suggested reading
Places to visit
Index
Product details
| Published | 10 Oct 2013 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 56 |
| ISBN | 9780747814429 |
| Imprint | Shire Publications |
| Illustrations | 70 col |
| Series | Shire Library |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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