The Quiet Heroes by Bernard Edwards mug the German Army’s first campaign

the German Army’s first campaign in the far north was a great success: between April and June 1940 German forces totalling less than 20

risking their lives to navigate convoys to Murmansk and Archangel

published to coincide with the 80th Anniversary of the first convoy

The convoy was under almost continuous U Boat attack and suffered six losses

In this authoritative and richly detailed account of wartime sea power

The Quiet Heroes by Bernard Edwards mug the German Army’s first campaignThe men of Britain's Merchant Navy, although unarmed civilians going about their lawful business were the first to be involved with the enemy in the Second World War. Less than nine hours after the declaration of war on 3 September 1939, the Donaldson liner Athenia was sunk without warning by a German U boat off the west coast of Ireland. From that moment onwards, British merchant seamen were constantly in the front line in all quarters of the globe.