Convoy. The Battle for Convoys SC. 22 and HX.229
MIDDLEBROOK, Martin
NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Published: Allen Lane, [1976]
Stock code: 51199
Price: £38.00
8vo., First Edition, with 35 plates, 8 maps and 3 diagrams; blue tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Both convoys sailed in March 1943, the month in which the Germans came closest to winning the Battle of the Atlantic. They are examined in depth and, whilst chosen for their own importance, they serve also to illustrate the typical hazards, dangers and successes of the Atlantic convoy system. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.60; Law 0271.