{"product_id":"9781472811103","title":"Forgotten Sacrifice : The Arctic Convoys of World War II","description":"Author(s): Walling, Michael G. (Author), \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 20\/01\/2016,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 292 pages, 20 b\/w,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Osprey Publishing,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Arctic regions, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), History of other lands, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Naval forces \u0026amp; warfare\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781472811103\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union in the largest offensive operation ever undertaken. Operation Barbarossa saw defeat after defeat heaped on the Soviet army. With Russia's forces left staggering under the strain and in desperate need of supplies, Britain and the United States launched an ambitious operation to resupply the Soviet Union using convoys sent through the Arctic.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTheir journey was punctuated by torpedo attacks in freezing conditions, Stuka dive bombers, naval gun fire, and weeks of total darkness in the Arctic winter, with ships disappearing below the waves weighed down by the ice and snow on their decks. Drawing on hundreds of oral histories from eyewitnesses and veterans of the convoys, plus original research into the Russian Navy archives at Murmansk, historian Michael G. Walling offers a fresh retelling of one of World War II's pivotal yet largely overlooked campaigns.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Winstone's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44197334974701,"sku":"9781472811103","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781472811103.jpg?v=1691159530","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781472811103","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}