British Escort Carriers 1941-45 Paperback / softback
by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul (Illustrator) Wright
Part of the New Vanguard series
Paperback / softback
Description
In 1941, as the Battle of the Atlantic raged and ship losses mounted, the British Admiralty desperately tried to find ways to defeat the U-Boat threat to Britain’s maritime lifeline.
Facing a shortage of traditional aircraft carriers and shore-based aircraft, the Royal Navy, as a stopgap measure, converted merchant ships into small ‘escort carriers’.
These were later joined by a growing number of American-built escort carriers, sent as part of the Lend-Lease agreement. The typical Escort Carrier was small, slow and vulnerable, but it could carry about 18 aircraft, which gave the convoys a real chance to detect and sink dangerous U-Boats.
Collectively, their contribution to an Allied victory was immense, particularly in the long and gruelling campaigns fought in the Atlantic and Arctic.
Illustrated throughout with detailed full-colour artwork and contemporary photographs, this fascinating study explores in detail how these adaptable ships had such an enormous impact on the outcome of World War II’s European Theatre.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:48 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:19/09/2019
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- ISBN:9781472836250
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Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:48 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:19/09/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781472836250
