The Quiet Heroes

The Quiet Heroes
Author :
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Total Pages : 219
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781783036783
ISBN-13 : 1783036788
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Quiet Heroes by : Bernard Edwards

Download or read book The Quiet Heroes written by Bernard Edwards and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-08-19 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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. For almost six years they faced, without flinching, their own private hell of torpedoes, bombs, shells and mines, all the while fending off their old arch-enemy, the sea. Sorely pressed, and often tired near to death, they kept open Britain's tenuous lifelines, bringing millions of tons of raw materials, food, oil, arms and ammunition, without which the country could not have survived. As always, their spirit was indomitable, their professionalism unchallenged. The price they paid for their bravery and dedication was horrendous: 2,246 ships lost, 29,180 men killed, and countless hundreds maimed and wounded. This book tells the story of just a few of these quiet heroes.


The Quiet Heroes Related Books

The Quiet Heroes
Language: en
Pages: 219
Authors: Bernard Edwards
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-08-19 - Publisher: Pen and Sword

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The 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 Worl
The Quiet Heroes
Language: en
Pages: 248
Authors: Bernard Edwards
Categories: Large print books
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-01 - Publisher: Reminiscence

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Merchant seamen lived under constant threat of being torpedoed without warning. They knew that their chances of survival in the freezing Atlantic were minimal,
Naval Eyewitnesses
Language: en
Pages: 282
Authors: James Goulty
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-11-04 - Publisher: Pen and Sword Maritime

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Goulty tells the story from the perspective of the ordinary sailor or officer who was there."—The Northern Mariner Although many books have been written abou
U-Boats in New England
Language: en
Pages: 446
Authors: Eric Wiberg
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-03 - Publisher: Fonthill Media

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Starting weeks after Hitler declared war on the United States in mid-December 1941 and lasting until the war with Germany was all but over, 73 German U-Boats su
U-Boats off Bermuda
Language: en
Pages: 433
Authors: Eric Wiberg
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-18 - Publisher: Fonthill Media

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The untold story of 142 German and one Italian submarines, which patrolled the waters around BermudaThe Axis powers sank eighty Allied ships, one of them naval,