Author: Miller, James,
Title: THE NORTH ATLANTIC FRONT - Orkney, Shetland, Faroe and Iceland at War.
Description: Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2005, 1st edn., 176pp, maps and half tone photo ills. in text, large format (10.5 x 7.5 inches approx.), black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, a description of the North Atlantic Front in two world wars, in WW1 the Northern Patrol from Scapa Flow, the Royal Navy's large naval base in the Orkneys greatley assisted by the great Norwegian mine barrage, and in WW2 with Norway occupied the Allies occupyied the Faroes and Iceland which, with Orkney and Shetland and the armed naval patrol of the intervening seas, created a more westerly barrier. Also covered is information about the Shetland Bus, the clandestine service operated by the Norwegian Navy in exile between Northern Scotland, Shetland and occupied Norway, faint bump lower tip upper board, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 atlantic orkney shetland faroe iceland a/s


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