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ALLEN, TREVOR Ireland and the Battle of the Atlantic 1940 - 41 - the Storm Passed By
Dublin, Ireland: Irish Academic Press, 1996. 1996 Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Photos. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2 x 1 " 0716526166 1996 Hardcover in DJ ... Brand new from publisher ... Last one ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve ... Please note, on this last one, the Jacket has slight shelfwear, tiny loss along inside front & back edges, otherwise intact; not as noticeable in New protective sleeve ... Still very Nice Gift Giving quality ... 197 pages with index ... illustrated with B&W photographs ... Among his many preoccupations during the Second World War, Winston Churchill was particularly concerned with the course of the war at sea upon which Britain's survival hinged ... He later wrote: 'The shipping losses became most grave during the twelve months from July 1940 to July 1941 when we could claim that the British Battle of the Atlantic was won.' ... Nowhere was this more true than round the coasts of Ireland ... The political division of the island gave rise to divergent and far-reaching consequences, and for one turbulent year Britain's fate and the validity of Irish neutrality hung in the balance ... When in January 1941 Hitler belatedly ordered a change in strategy - to concentrate air attacks on Britain's ports of entry in support of the U-boat campaign - the Luftwaffe could no longer ignore Belfast and the city suffered a devastating series of attacks; nor did Dublin and Derry escape unscathed ... In recounting this story Trevor Allen has drawn on previously unpublished material from German military and Foreign Ministry archives ... The personal recollections of former German airmen who took part in those attacks have been woven to produce a graphic and unique description of them through German eyes ... "The Storm Passed By : Ireland and the Battle of the Atlantic 1940 - 41" ... by Trevor Allen... published by Irish Academic Press, Dublin ... 1996 Hardcover in Dustjacket ... ***. New/Very Good .
Offered for US$ 34.95 by: Cavendish International Books & Music - Book number: 6430
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