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050 00 $aD770$b.P77 2011
100 1 $aPrysor, Glyn,$d1981-
245 10 $aCitizen sailors :$bthe Royal Navy in the Second World War /$cGlyn Prysor.
246 30 $aRoyal Navy in the Second world war
260 $aLondon :$bViking,$c2011.
300 $axxi, 552 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [477]-534) and index.
520 $aFrom the Battle of Dunkirk to the sinking of the Bismark and Scharnhorst, "Citizen Sailors" is the first definitive history of the Royal Navy in WWII. Drawing on hundreds of contemporary diaries and letters, along with memoirs, oral history and official documents, Glyn Prysor paints a vivid human panorama of the war at sea: nerve-wracking convoys, epic gun battles, devastating aerial bombardment and swashbuckling amphibious landings. Seen through the eyes of sailors themselves, it is a compelling account of daily humanity, horror, triumph and tragedy, and shows how the Royal Navy fought in every conceivable vessel from vast aircraft carriers and cramped corvettes, to fast motor boats, rickety minesweepers, Swordfish biplanes and aging submarines.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bRoyal Navy$xHistory$yWorld War, 1939-1945.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations, British.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Naval$y20th century.