1940 the Second World War at Sea in Photographs

1940 the Second World War at Sea in Photographs

1942 The Second World War at Sea in photographs

1942 The Second World War at Sea in photographs

1941 The Second World War at Sea in Photographs

Series: The Second World War at Sea in Photographs

Publication Date15th November 2014

Book FormatPaperback

pages128

Illustrations200

Height234

Width165

In 1941, Britain stood alone. North Africa dominated the news. Bismarck sank Hood. Fortress Britain endured the Blitz. Russia was invaded. Japan woke the USA with its attack on Pearl Harbor.
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9781445622453

At the beginning of 1941, Britain stood alone against Germany and Italy. The Battle of the Atlantic was in full swing. Hitler’s U-boats were operating in packs, descending on convoys and sinking many millions of tons of shipping. In May, the formidable German battleship Bismarck left port, heading out into the North Atlantic. After sinking the battlecruiser HMS Hood off Iceland, she was eventually cornered by the Royal Navy in the Bay of Biscay and sunk herself. A major breakthrough came when a naval Enigma code machine was captured from the U-boat U-110. With the attack by Hitler on Russia in June, convoys began to be sent up the coast of Norway to the northern ports of Murmansk and Archangel, carrying war material to support the struggling Soviets. December 1941 saw the war become a truly global conflict, with the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Indonesia bringing the United States into the war.


Using many rarely seen images, Phil Carradice tells the story of 1941: The War at Sea.

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