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  • Convoy Will Scatter

    The Full Story of Jervis Bay and Convoy HX84

    by Bernard Edwards ...
    A naval historian reveals the full story of the HMS Jervis Bay and the merchant ships that valiantly saved lives during the WWII Battle of the Atlantic.On November 5th, 1940, the thirty-eight merchant ships of Convoy HX84 were making their way across the North Atlantic, escorted by the armed cruiser HMS Jervis Bay. In mid-ocean, they were attacked by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. ... Read more

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  • The Decoys

    A Tale of Three Atlantic Convoys, 1942

    by Bernard Edwards ...
    In November 1942, Britain and America launched Operation TORCH, the ambitious invasion of French North Africa.To convey 70,000 troops and their equipment required 600 merchant ships crossing the U-boat infested North Atlantic. The need for their protection meant withdrawing escorts from the routine convoys. Amongst those left without adequate defence were RB 1 and SC 107, both eastbound from ... Read more

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  • Japans Blitzkrieg

    The Allied Collapse in the East, 1941–42

    by Bernard Edwards ...
    Early on the morning of 7 December 1941, 360 Japanese carrier-borne aircraft made a surprise attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, and laid waste to the American Far East Fleet. They sank four battleships, crippled three cruisers and three destroyers, and seriously damaged two other battleships. One hundred and sixty-four planes were destroyed and 2,403 servicemen and civilians were killed. ... Read more

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  • The Road to Russia

    Arctic Convoys, 1942

    by Bernard Edwards ...
    The renowned naval historian chronicles three WWII convoy missions to Russia through dangerous Arctic waters and relentless Luftwaffe attacks.During the Summer of 1942 Britain and America jointly agreed to supply desperately needed arms to Soviet Russia. Determined to stop this potentially decisive operation, the Germans relentlessly hounded the Allied convoys from the sky. And the Arctic sea ... Read more

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  • The Twilight of the U-Boats

    by Bernard Edwards ...
    "A gripping narrative" of the German submarines that nearly changed the outcome of World War II from the author of Dönitz and the Wolf Packs ( Naval Review).In essence, this is the story of U-223, commanded by Karl-Jurgen Wächter from the time of her commissioning in Kiel in January 1943 through a murderous career to her eventual but dramatic demise in the Mediterranean in March 1944. At the same ... Read more

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  • Dönitz and the Wolf Packs

    by Bernard Edwards ...
    A history of the pivotal World War II campaign, the Battle of the Atlantic.On 17 September 1942 Admiral Karl Donitz, C-in-C U-boats, issued the following directive:To all Commanders—'All attempts to rescue members of ships sunk, therefore also fishing out swimmers and putting them into lifeboats, righting capsized lifeboats, handing out provisions and water, have to cease. Rescue contradicts the ... Read more

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  • Running the Gauntlet

    Cargo Liners Under Fire 1939–1945

    by Bernard Edwards ...
    The British Merchant Navy dominated the world trade routes in the years leading up to the Second World War. The star players of the fleet were the cargo liners, faster and larger than the tramps and offering limited passenger accommodation. On the outbreak of war these cargo liners became crucial to the nation's survival using their speed and expertise to evade Nazi warships, raiders and U-boats. ... Read more

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  • From Hunter to Hunted

    The U-Boat War in the Atlantic, 1939–1943

    by Bernard Edwards ...
    T he author of Churchill's Thin Grey Line shares case histories from World War II's Battle of the Atlantic featuring the German U-boat.In the early stages of World War II, Donitz's U-boats generally adhered to Prize rules, surfacing before attacking and making every effort to preserve the lives of their victims' crews. But, with the arming of merchantmen and greater risk of damage or worse, they ... Read more

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  • Beware Raiders!

    German Surface Raiders in the Second World War

    by Bernard Edwards ...
    A British naval historian recounts the victories and defeats of two of the most infamous German Navy vessels during World War II.Bernard Edwards's Beware Raiders! tells the fascinating story of two German ships and the havoc they caused amongst Allied shipping in World War II. One was the eight-inch gun cruiser Admiral Hipper—named for World War I's German fleet Admiral Franz von Hipper—fast, ... Read more

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  • War of the U-Boats

    British Merchantmen Under Fire

    by Bernard Edwards ...
    From the earliest days of the Second World War, Hitlers U-Boats were unleashed with the mission of sinking as much Allied merchant tonnage as possible. From the sinking of the Glasgow-based ship Olivegrove by U-23, to the end of hostilities six years later officers and seamen of the Merchant Marine played a key role in winning the war by their blatant disregard of the risks from Axis forces. The ... Read more

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  • Royal Navy Versus the Slave Traders

    Enforcing Abolition at Sea, 1808–1898

    by Bernard Edwards ...
    The acclaimed naval historian sheds significant light on the Royal Navy's role in fighting the African slave trade through years of bitter battle at sea.On March 16th, 1807, the British Parliament passed The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. The following year, the Royal Navy's West African Squadron was formed for the purpose of stopping and searching ships at sea suspected of carrying enslaved ... Read more

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  • War Under the Red Ensign, 1914–1918

    by Bernard Edwards ...
    he Kaisers determination to starve Britain into surrender and the development of his Navy and the U-boats in particular meant that Britains merchant navy was in the front line throughout the Great War.This book charts the progress of the war at sea which began with the sinking of the oil tanker San Wilfrido off Cuxhaven only eight hours after the official declaration of war. The merchantman Glitra ... Read more

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