James Lamb
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Corvette Navy
Author: James Lamb
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing
At the beginning of World War Two, Britain stood alone, relying on the vital supplies transported by convoy across the North Atlantic. The pride of Hitler’s navy, the U-boat wolf-packs, waited there to pick off the slow, unarmed convoys. What stood between the U-boats and their prey were the corvettes. They were small, battered, under-equipped, and in need of repair. They were manned not by naval professionals but by a group of skilled and dedicated amateurs, many still in their teens, their officers often in their mid-twenties. Yet this little band of amateurs took on and beat the German U-boat professionals, and won a vital portion of the war.
James B. Lamb, an ex-corvette officer, captures the excitement as well as the inevitable tragedy involved when teenagers who had never even seen the sea were shoved aboard aged and ill-equipped ships and forced to grow up fast. Trapped in a world gone mad, the crews of the corvettes countered with individualism and a unique sense of the absurd. Amid the antics and fear, these men banded together to become a highly efficient fighting unit. They witnessed history and created some history of their own.
| ISBN associated with this title: | 9781551097701 |
| Item | NB0891 |
| Publisher | Nimbus Publishing |
| Publisher | Nimbus Publishing |
| Published on | April 27 2010 |
| Language | eng |
| Pages | 223 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Dimensions | 9(in) x 6(in) |
| Shipping weight | 375(g) |
| Status | ACTIVE TITLE |
