1941 the Second World War at Sea in Photographs Carradice PhilPaperback
1941 the Second World War at Sea in Photographs Carradice PhilPaperback At the beginning of 1941, Britain stood alone against Germany and Italy. Hitler's U-boats were operating in packs, descending…
Specifikacia 1941 the Second World War at Sea in Photographs Carradice PhilPaperback
1941 the Second World War at Sea in Photographs Carradice PhilPaperback
At the beginning of 1941, Britain stood alone against Germany and Italy. Hitler's U-boats were operating in packs, descending on convoys and sinking many millions of tons of shipping. The Battle of the Atlantic was in full swing.
After sinking the battlecruiser HMS Hood off Iceland, she was eventually cornered by the Royal Navy in the Bay of Biscay and sunk herself. In May, the formidable German battleship Bismarck left port, heading out into the North Atlantic. 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