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Evan Mawdsley traces events from the first German U boat operations in September 1939 through to the surrender of the last U boats in May 1945
risking their lives to navigate convoys to Murmansk and Archangel
the German Army’s first campaign in the far north was a great success: between April and June 1940 German forces totalling less than 20
he did not specialise but went on to become a hugely experienced sea officer
The Quiet Heroes by Bernard Edwards mug Evan Mawdsley traces events fromThe men of Britain's Merchant Navy, although unarmed civilians going about their lawful business were the first to be involved with the enemy in the Second World War. Less than nine hours after the declaration of war on 3 September 1939, the Donaldson liner Athenia was sunk without warning by a German U boat off the west coast of Ireland. From that moment onwards, British merchant seamen were constantly in the front line in all quarters of the globe.