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This book tells the dramatic story of how the...
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This book tells the dramatic story of how the Royal Navy transformed ordinary citizens into first rate sailors and navy personnel during the Second World War.
By Orkney resident, Angus Konstam.
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This book tells the dramatic story of how the Royal Navy transformed ordinary citizens into first-rate sailors and navy personnel during the Second World War. It covers how they were recruited and trained and hpw they endured life at sea in hostile waters, protecting convoys in the Mediterranean, hunting submarines in the Atlantic, and standing up to relentless air attacks in the Pacific. Told through vivid first-hand accounts of life onboard, it reveals what it was like to be a sailor navigating, patrolling and fighting in the largest theatre of war - the vast oceans.
Angus Konstam is a former naval officer, maritime historian and museum professional, and has worked as the Chief Curator of the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida.He has written many books about naval history and sailors, from Tudor times to the Second World War.
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