A Game of Birds and Wolves : The Secret Game that Revolutionised the War
Parkin, Simon
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A Game of Birds and Wolves : The Secret Game that Revolutionised the War
Parkin, Simon
FICHA TÉCNICA
- Editorial: Hodder and Stoughton
- ISBN: 978-1-5293-5321-1
- Fecha de edición: 2020
- Idioma: Inglés
- Encuadernación: Rústica
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- Nº páginas: 0
- Materias: Historia naval y marítima / Siglos XIX, XX /
1941. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Thousands of supply ships ferrying vital food and fuel from North America to Britain are being torpedoed by German U-boats. Britain is only weeks away from starvation - and with that, crushing defeat.
In the first week of 1942 a group of unlikely heroes - a retired naval captain and a clutch of brilliant young women - gather to form a secret strategy unit. On the top floor of a bomb-bruised HQ in Liverpool, the Western Approaches Tactical Unit spends days and nights designing and playing wargames in an effort to crack the U-boat tactics. As the U-boat wolfpacks continue to prey upon the supply ships, the Wrens race against time to save Britain.
With novelistic flair, investigative journalist Simon Parkin shines a light on Operation Raspberry and these unsung heroines in this riveting true story of war at sea.