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" The Royal Naval Museum book of the Battle of the Atlantic : "
Chris Howard Bailey ; foreword by Campbell McMurray.
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BL
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851818
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| Main Entry
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Bailey, Chris Howard.
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The Royal Naval Museum book of the Battle of the Atlantic : : the corvettes and their crews : an oral history /\ Chris Howard Bailey ; foreword by Campbell McMurray.
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Annapolis, Md. :: Naval Institute Press,, 1994.
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xxvii, 156 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 26 cm
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1557507341
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: 9781557507341
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152) and index.
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| Contents
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The corvettes and their crews -- The corvettes in convoy -- Against the odds -- Conditions on board -- Off-watch -- The bad times and the good -- Epilogue : The Flower Class Corvette Association.
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| Abstract
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Based on a series of 20 oral history interviews with the men who served in the 'Flower' class corvettes during the Battle of the Atlantic. Discussions covered recruitment, training and structure of the crews, the pattern of the convoys, and the general conditions on board, highlighting the stress and anxieties experienced by the crew.
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Great Britain.-- History-- World War, 1939-1945.
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Great Britain.
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Naval convoys-- Great Britain.
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World War, 1939-1945, Personal narratives, British.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns-- Atlantic Ocean.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Naval operations, British.
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Military campaigns.
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Naval convoys.
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Atlantic Ocean.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.54/21
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D770.B23 1994
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15.24bcl
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| Parallel Title
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Battle of the Atlantic
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