Citizen sailors : the Royal Navy in the Second World War

Author(s)

• Prysor, Glyn

Bibliographic Information

Citizen sailors : the Royal Navy in the Second World War

Glyn Prysor

（Penguin books, . Penguin military history）

Penguin, 2012, c2011

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [525]-534) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

During the Second World War the Royal Navy was the most powerful of Britain's armed forces. Its sailors fought across the globe in vast battleships and claustrophobic corvettes, makeshift minesweepers and silent submarines. They endured nerve-wracking convoys, fought epic gun battles, carried out deadly secret missions, rescued armies and landed the largest invasion force in history. Naval power was the foundation of Britain's war effort, and sailors shaped the nation's destiny. Drawing on hundreds of contemporary diaries and letters, Glyn Prysor's original and gripping narrative evokes the triumph and tragedy, horror and humanity of the war at sea, bringing to life the sailor's war as never before.

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Details

• NCID: BB09243454
• ISBN:
  • 9780141046327
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 552 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 940.545941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
  • LCSH : World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00474814