{"product_id":"9780711276161","title":"The Canberra in the Falklands War : A Very Strange Way to go to War","description":"Author(s): Vine, Andrew, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 01\/03\/2022, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 336 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Aurum, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Quarto Publishing PLC, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: British \u0026amp; Irish history\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 129 x 198 x 25mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 264g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780711276161\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating and insightful book tells the thrilling story of the SS Canberra, the luxury passenger liner which was requesitioned as a troop transport in the Falkands War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVast and brilliant white, P\u0026amp;O's flagship the SS Canberra was a final salute to a bygone era of opulence even as she embarked on her maiden voyage, For a decade she carried passengers between Britain and Australia, a 90-day voyage of pampering and decadence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in March 1982, Britain went to war to defend the Falkland Islands and the SS Canberra found herself, surreally, requisitioned as a troop ship to carry the Marines and Paratroops into battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst all odds she surived, playing a vital role as a hospital ship, and at the end of the war she arrived back in Southampton to a hero's welcome, where she became fondly known as the Great White Whale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the extraordinary and, as yet, untold story of how the crew of a luxury ocean liner — waiters, cooks, nurses and cleaners — found themselves suddenly thrust onto the front line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Very Strange Way to Go to War is a candid and captivating story, drawing from first hand accounts and previously unpublished archives, of the heroic courage of ordinary British men and women in the face of great adversity, at the outpost of empire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42470943949037,"sku":"9780711276161","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780711276161.jpg?v=1724788216","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780711276161","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}