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The Quiet Heroes: British Merchant Seamen at War, 1939-1945 [Audiobook] download free by Bernard Edwards

The Quiet Heroes: British Merchant Seamen at War, 1939-1945 Audiobook download free by Bernard Edwards
  • Listen audiobook: The Quiet Heroes: British Merchant Seamen at War, 1939-1945
  • Author: Bernard Edwards
  • Release date: 2010/5/8
  • Publisher: PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Transportation
  • ISBN: 9781848842908
  • Rating: 8.6 of 10
  • Votes: 876
  • Review by: Amayah Horner
  • Review rating: 8.97 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/10/27
  • Duration: 3H13M30S in 256 kbps (51.2 MB)
  • Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-19
  • You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WavPack, FLAC, WMA, OGG, MPEG4, WAV, Apple Lossless, MP3 (compression BZ2, ZIP, RAR, LZO)
  • Total pages original book: 256
  • Includes a PDF summary of 22 pages
  • Duration of the summary (audio): 16M14S (4.4 MB)
  • Description or summary of the audiobook: The men of Britain's Merchant Navy, although unarmed civilians going about their lawful business were the first to be involved with the enemy in the Second World War. Less than nine hours after the declaration of war on 3 September 1939, the Donaldson liner Athenia was sunk without warning by a German U-boat off the west coast of Ireland. From that moment onwards, British merchant seamen were constantly in the front line in all quarters of the globe. For almost six years they faced, without flinching, their own private hell of torpedoes, bombs, shells and mines, all the while fending off their old arch-enemy, the sea. Sorely pressed, and often tired near to death, they kept open Britain's tenuous lifelines, bringing millions of tons of raw materials, food, oil, arms and ammunition, without which the country could not have survived. As always, their spirit was indomitable, their professionalism unchallenged. The price they paid for their bravery and dedication was horrendous: 2,246 ships lost, 29,180 men killed, and countless hundreds maimed and wounded. This book tells the story of just a few of these quiet heroes.Captain Bernard Edwards spent 37 years at sea with the Merchant Navy commanding ships trading worldwide.On retirement he settled in South West Wales to pursue his second career as a Naval historian. His knowledge of the sea and ships has enabled him to write a series of internationally recognised works, the majority of which are in print with Pen & Sword.
  • Other categories, genre or collection: Naval Forces & Warfare, Biography: Historical, Political & Military, Transportation Books, Military Engineering, Military History, 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000, British & Irish History, World War 2 Books
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  • Format: Paperback
  • Approximate value: 17.44 USD
  • Dimensions: 156x232x16mm
  • Weight: 399.16g
  • Printed by: Pen & Sword Maritime
  • Published in: South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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