Leading Seaman Charlie Erswell saw much more than his fair share of action during the Second World War. He was present at the 1942 landing in North Africa (Operation TORCH), D-Day and the liberation of Norway. But his main area of operations was that of the Arctic Convoys, escorting merchant ships taking essential war supplies to the Russian ports of Murmansk and Archangel.\nIn addition to contending with relentless U-boat and Luftwaffe attacks, crews endured the extreme sea conditions and appalling weather. This involved clearing ice and snow in temperatures as low as minus thirty degrees Celsius. No wonder Winston Churchill described it as ‘the worst journey in the world’.\nFortunately, Charlie, who served on two destroyers, HMS Milne and Savage, kept a record of his experiences and is alive today to describe them. His story, published to coincide with the 80th Anniversary of the first convoy, is more than one man’s account. It is an inspiring tribute to his colleagues, many of whom were killed in action. No-one reading Surviving The Arctic Convoys could fail to be moved by the bravery and endurance of these outstanding men.

Surviving the Arctic Convoys: The Wartime Memoirs of Leading Seaman Charlie Erswell

Biographies & Memoirs

McKay, John R

Erswell, Charlie

Historical

Pen and Sword Maritime

Arctic Convoy PQ18: 25 Days That Changed the Course of the War

History

Europe

The Sun Will Always Shine

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Absolution Of Otto Finkel

Vanguard Press

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MIDWOOD, Ellie

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Kagan, Roberta

Grainger, Jean

Gauci, Kathryn

Armstrong, Ryan

Brooks, Mary D.

Swift, Deborah

Kang, Alexa

Independently published

When George Martin joins the crew of the Royal Navy frigate, HMS Virtuous, he is keen to start his new life at sea, but after trips escorting relief cargoes to the stricken island of Malta, he soon realises that life on a warship is anything but easy.After the invasion of the Soviet Union by German forces in 1941, George finds himself on the Virtuous's most perilous journey yet, as it forms part of a convoy heading to Russia. Hunted by Nazi U-boats, surface ships and the Luftwaffe, the crew must endure its greatest foe - the harsh Arctic weather. With temperatures dropping to minus 30 degrees Centigrade and violent storms threatening to sink the ship, George endures the harsh reality of war, whilst at the same time pondering his uneasy relationship with the mysterious Glenda, the girl he has left behind.

The Worst Journey In The World

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