Author: Foynes, J. P.,
Title: THE BATTLE OF THE EAST COAST (1939-1945).
Description: Privately published, Isleworth, 1994, 1st edn., trade paperback, 416pp, [xvi] index, 80pp half tone and line photo ills., numerous maps/plans in text, laminated paper wrappers, a comprehensive study and account of WW2 on the coast and in the North Sea between Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and North Foreland, Kent and the enemy held coastline, roughly the limits of the Royal Navy's Nore Command. It covers the coastal defences, the air raids, invasion preparations, naval bases and lesser ports, mines and minelaying, the convoys and minesweeping, air-sea rescue, mtb's, mgb's and e-boats, and some major incidents, Dunkirk and the escape of Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen, in fact all aspects of the war in the area.light vertical crease in spine, lightly rubbed at extrems, very good,

Keywords: ww2 war navy hull humber yarmouth lowestoft harwich hull felixstowe sheerness chatham grimsby brightlingsea thames mines minsweeping coastal forces rnps rncf defence home front bob e-boat mgb mtb ml radar dynamo dunkirk east coast convoy a/s


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