Convoy
MIDDLEBROOK, Martin
The Battle for Convoys SC. 22 and HX.229.
IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Published: Allen Lane, [1976]
Stock code: 1998
Price: £18.00
8vo., First Edition, with 35 plates, 8 maps and 3 diagrams; blue tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Both convoys sailed in March 1943, the month when 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 illustrat the typical hazards, dangers and successes of the Atlantic convoy system. Enser, p.60; Law 0271.