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| 902 | PEARSON, Michael. Red Sky in the Morning: The Battle of the Barents Sea, 1942. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 2002. ISBN: 1840373393.
A good detailed account arguing convincingly on the importance of the convoy. |
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| 903 | PENROSE, Barrie. Stalin’s Gold: The Story of HMS Edinburgh and its Treasure. xv, 223p., illus., index. London: Granada; Boston: Little Brown, 1982. ISBN: 0246117788.
Edinburgh was sunk in action in the Barents Sea in 1942, while carrying a fortune in gold from Russia. The first quarter of the book describes the career and end of the cruiser, the rest the daring and difficult recovery of the gold in 1981. |
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| 904 | 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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| 905 | RUEGG, Bob, & HAGUE, Arnold. Convoys to Russia: Allied Convoys and Naval Surface Operations in Arctic Waters 1941-1945. 104p., illus., index. Kendal: World Ship Society, 1992. ISBN: 0905617665.
Essentially a reference book. It lists all the sailings to and from Russia both of numbered convoys and individual sailings. Full details of the composition of each convoy are given along with a brief account of its passage. Well illustrated. |
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| 906 | SCHOFIELD, B. B. The Arctic Convoys. x, 198p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Macdonald and Jane’s, 1977. ISBN: 035401112X.
A considerably updated version of the admiral’s earlier work below, making full use of subsequent revelations. This new work is different in style and much more of a reference book. |
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| 907 | SCHOFIELD, B. B. The Russian Convoys. 224p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Batsford; Chester Springs: Dufour, 1964. ISBN: 071341166X.
A comprehensive and clear account of these bitter battles, with a clear British perspective. |
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| 908 | SCOTT, Mark. Eyewitness Accounts of the World War II Murmansk Run 1941-1945. x, 212p., bibliog., illus., index. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 2006. ISBN: 077345800X.
Some thirty accounts giving an American perspective, largely from the merchant marine. |
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| 909 | SWAIN, Henry. Return to Murmansk. ix, 241p., map. London: Seafarer, 1996. ISBN: 0850364523.
Describes how in 1990 he sailed his yacht to Murmansk. this trip is interspersed with memories of his experience on Lancaster Castle, escorting an Arctic convoy in March 1945. |
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| 910 | TAYLOR, J. E. Northern Escort. 128p., frontis. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1945. A participant's fictionalised account of four days on the Murmansk run. |
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| 911 | TYE, Chris B. The Real Cold War: Featuring "Jack in Joe's Land." 204p., illus., index. Gillingham: author, 1994. ISBN: 0952469200. ISBN: 0952469200.
The author served as a Leading Writer with the Naval Party at Polyarnoe and was the founder member of the North Russia Club. A mix of anecdotes, songs, signals and potted facts. |
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| 912 | WADSWORTH, Michael. Arctic Convoy PQ8: The Story of Capt Robert Brundle and the ss Harmatris. [x], 210p., bibliog.., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2009. ISBN: 1848840519.
A grandson of Captain Brundle recounts the epic tale of her voyage, torpedoing and recovery. A somewhat fragmented account. |
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| 913 | WALLING, Michael. Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic convoys of World War II. 284p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Osprey, 2012. ISBN: 9781849087186.
Gives a good account based on oral testimony. |
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| 914 | WOODMAN, Richard. The Arctic Convoys 1941-1945. xxvi, 532p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Murray, 1994. ISBN: 0719557526.
An operational history, probably the best available, beautifully and lucidly written. |
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| 915 | WRAGG, David. Sacrifice for Stalin: The Cost and Value of the Arctic Convoys Re-assessed. xv, 230p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2005. ISBN: 1844153576.
An attempt at a fresh view of the convoys concluding that the sacrifice was undeniable but that the cargoes delivered were little valued by Stalin. |
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| 916 | BROOME, Jack. Convoy Is to Scatter. 232p., illus. London: Kimber, 1972. ISBN: 0718303326.
The senior officer of the close escort of PQ17 gives his view of the convoy through an examination of the operational signals. |
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| 917 | CARTER, William A. Why Me, Lord? The Experiences of a U.S. navy Armed Guard Officer in World War II's Convoy PQ17 on the Murmansk Run. 288p., illus., index. Millsboro, DE: author, 2007. ISBN: 0980245702.
An interesting account which also covers his return voyage in which he was sunk in the s.s. Richard Bland in RA53 in March 1943. |
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| 918 | IRVING, David. The Destruction of Convoy PQ17. xiii, 337p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cassell, 1968; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1969. ISBN: 0304926620.
A most controversial book about a controversial convoy and the subject of litigation. As always, the author has discovered a formidable array of sources. A revised second edition was published in 1980 (ISBN: 0718304772) . |
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| 919 | LUND, Paul, & LUDLAM, Harry. PQ17 - Convoy to Hell: The Survivor’s Story. 240p., illus., index. London: Foulsham, 1968. ISBN: 0572006284. A dramatic account of the convoy based on a wide collection of survivors' reminiscences. Lund was in the escort trawler Lord Austin. Reprinted in 2010 as I Was There on PQ17 the Convoy to Hell: Through the Icy Russian Waters of World War II. ISBN: 057203542X. |
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| 920 | TAYLOR, Theodore. Battle in the Arctic Seas: The Story of PQ17. 152p., bibliog., illus., index. New York: Crowell, 1976. ISBN: 1402751230.
Aimed at younger readers, it is nonetheless useful as it is based on a previously unpublished diary by an Armed Guard Ensign on the s.s. Troubador. |
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| 921 | WINN, Godfrey. PQ17: A Story of a Ship. 219p., illus. London: Hutchinson, [1947].
A highly sentimentalised account of lower deck life on the A/A cruiser Pozarica. The author took part in the murderous battle as one of her crew and describes this well and professionally. |
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