NAVAL WARFARE IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL 1939 - 1945
Publisher: Pen and Sword Books; Pen & Sword Maritime
Published: September 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781844155804
Subjects: British & Irish history: Second World War; European history: Second World War; History of specific subjects; Naval forces & warfare; Second World War, 1939-1945; History; History - Military / War; Military; British Isles; Military - Naval; Military - World War II; History / Military / Naval; Military Science; Campaigns; English Channel; Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945
Description: "From the year 1066 the English Channel has provided Great Britain with a natural defensive barrier, but never more than in the early days of the World War Two. This book relates how the Royal Navy defended that vital seaway throughout the war. From the early days of the Dover Patrols, through the traumas of the Dunkirk evacuation, the battles of the Channel convoys; the war against the E-boats and U-boats; the tragic raids at Dieppe and St. Nazaire; the escape of the German battle-fleet; coastal convoys; the Normandy landings and the final liberation of the Channel Islands. Many wartime photographs, charts and tables add to this account of this bitterly contested narrow sea."--BOOK JACKET.