The Silent Service - The Inside Story of the Royal Navy's Submarine Heroes

Informationen zum Autor John Parker, a journalist and former Fleet Street editor, has undertaken many investigative projects in his writing career with topics ranging from the Mafia to Northern Ireland. His numerous books include several military bestsellers including THE GURKHAS, DEATH OF A HERO and SBS: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE SPECIAL BOAT SERVICE. Klappentext One of the great untold stories of the British services is that of the Royal Navy Submarine Service which entered the fray in World War I with 100 underwater craft. Through World War II, where submariners' prospects of returning safely from a mission were only 50:50, the Falklands conflict and the sinking of the Belgrano, to present-day elite machines, the Silent Service has played an enormous part in British defence. John Parker's in-depth investigation is very much personality led with diaries from the early part of the century to substantial first-person testimony from survivors of wartime heroics (when many VCs were won). Zusammenfassung One of the great untold stories of the British services is that of the Royal Navy Submarine Service which entered the fray in World War I with 100 underwater craft. Through World War II, where submariners' prospects of returning safely from a mission were only 50:50, the Falklands conflict and the sinking of the Belgrano, to present-day elite machines, the Silent Service has played an enormous part in British defence. John Parker's in-depth investigation is very much personality led with diaries from the early part of the century to substantial first-person testimony from survivors of wartime heroics (when many VCs were won).

Product details

• Authors: John Parker
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.06.2002
• EAN: 9780747238058
• ISBN: 978-0-7472-3805-8
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 117 mm x 177 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / World, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Aviation & Nautical, TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / Submarines, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), General and world history, Modern warfare, Naval forces and warfare, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Military & Naval Ships, Military forces and sectors, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General