| Entry Text: | POPE, Dudley. 73 North: The Battle of the Barents Sea. 320p., illus., index. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1958.
The battle surrounding convoy JW51B. On New Year’s Eve 1942, a small force of destroyers and two cruisers held off the Hipper and Lutzow with great gallantry and saved the convoy. US subtitle, The Defeat of Hitler’s Navy. Reprinted by Alison in 1988 (ISBN: 1590131029). |
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