The War for the Seas: A Maritime History of World War II book commanded and manned by Merchant

commanded and manned by Merchant Navy personnel

Sections include: the Officer's Aid Memoire containing notes of the training course at one of the officer training schools

while stranded for months in the communist state they were aiding

Roderick G Maclean has gathered primary and secondary source material to give a detailed and illuminating analysis of the Russian Convoys

The War for the Seas: A Maritime History of World War II book commanded and manned by MerchantBy Evan Mawdsley The battle for control of the seas was crucial to determining the outcome of the Second World War. But how, facing the supremely effective German war machine, could Britain, the US and their allies successfully block the enemy at sea? In this authoritative and richly detailed account of wartime sea power, Evan Mawdsley traces events from the first German U boat operations in September 1939 through to the surrender of the last U boats