Convoy Escort Commander: A Memoir of the Battle of the Atlantic - Peter Gretton

Descriere Convoy Escort Commander: A Memoir of the Battle of the Atlantic - Peter Gretton

\nAn engrossing memoir that uncovers the turning point of the Battle of the Atlantic against the U-boat menace. \nPerfect for fans of Ian Toll, Jonathan Dimbleby or C. S. Forrester's Greyhound. \n \nVice Admiral Sir Peter Gretton's book is a brilliant account of his career in the navy through World War Two: fighting in the Second Battle of the Narvik, guarding convoys in the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic, before being placed in charge of Escort Group B7, which he described as the finest job in the Navy for a new commander. \n \nIt was in this role that Gretton, and the seven warships under his command, were able to make their contribution to turning the tide against the U-boat threat. \n \nOn the 22nd April 1943 Gretton was in charge of the escort for Convoy ONS 5 during its journey across the North Atlantic. Over the course of the voyage they were attacked by over fifty U-boats, and although they lost thirteen ships they managed to sink six U-boats and seriously damage many more. \n \nThe U-boats had never faced such fierce resistance to their lethal raids. As the great historian Samuel Eliot Morison stated: the glorious battle of a British escort group under Commander P. W. Gretton to the Westbound convoy ONS 5 is regarded by both the Allies and the Germans as a turning point in the struggle for the North Atlantic. \n \nWhat tactics had Gretton used to fend off Doenitz's terrifying submarine wolf packs? And how had these strategies developed over the course of the war? \n \nConvoy Escort Commander demonstrates how Allied commanders searched for new methods to repel U-boat assaults, including using direction-finding radio and radar, employing special tactical formations, co-ordinating with air cover, and endeavouring to keep the convoy together and prevent straggling. \n \nThis book takes the reader to heart of the action and is an impressive account of the Battle of the Atlantic and the Royal Navy in World War Two. \n \none of the best memoirs of the Battle [of the Atlantic] Acadiensis: Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region\n

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9781800552630

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