Convoy Pq-17 1942: Disaster In The Arctic Angus Konstam Osprey Publishing Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

A Gripping Account Of The Most Famous Convoy Operation War Which Marked High-Water Mark For German Naval Campaign In Arctic Was Vital Conduit Transporting Supplies Directly From Great Britain To Russia British Home Fleet Tasked With Protecting These Convoys Passed Within Range Bases Norway By 1942 Germans Had Reinforced Their Air And Forces Stationing Powerful Surface Group There Centred Around Battleship Tirpitz Pq-17 Set Be Last Sail Until Autumn Particularly Large One Involving 35 Merchant Ships Over Half Were American When It Departed Reykjavik On 27 June Bound Archangel Ready Waiting First Joint Anglo-American Under Command Here Expert Historian Angus Konstam Documents Withdrawal Allied Close Escort Intercept Raiders Devastating Attacks Scattered Aircraft U-Boats Maps Diagrams Plot Passage Fate Elements Stunning Artworks Bring Life Key Moments Efforts Escape End 24 Sunk Only Ten Four Auxiliaries Reached Port Would Prove Worst Loss World Ii Controversial Σελίδες: 96 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0902 Διαστάσεις: 18 2X18 2Cm