British Escort Carriers 1941-45

In 1941, as the Battle of the Atlantic raged and ship losses mounted, the British Admiralty desperately tried to find ways to defeat the U-Boat threat to Britain''s maritime lifeline. Facing a shortage of traditional aircraft carriers and shore-based aircraft, the Royal Navy, as a stopgap measure, converted merchant ships into small ''escort carriers''. These were later joined by a growing number of American-built escort carriers, sent as part of the Lend-Lease agreement. The typical Escort Carrier was small, slow and vulnerable, but it could carry about 18 aircraft, which gave the convoys a real chance to detect and sink dangerous U-Boats. Collectively, their contribution to an Allied victory was immense, particularly in the long and gruelling campaigns fought in the Atlantic and Arctic. Illustrated throughout with detailed full-colour artwork and contemporary photographs, this fascinating study explores in detail how these adaptable ships had such an enormous impact on the outcome of World War II''s European Theatre.>

Product details

• Authors: Angus Konstam, Konstam Angus
• Assisted by: Paul Wright (Illustration), Paul (Illustrator) Wright (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781472836250
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-3625-0
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 250 mm x 5 mm
• Series: New Vanguard; New Vanguard
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Warfare & defence, Second World War, Warfare and defence, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General