A reconstruction, in words and pictures, of the Allied air campaign against Nazi Germany during World War II. It documents the Anglo-American day-night bombing offensive, with contemporary photographs and interviews of those who took part.
Jack Currie Knihy
Jack Currie bol britský autor, ktorého diela sa zamerali na druhú svetovú vojnu. Po vojne pracoval v civilnej obrane a stal sa plodným spisovateľom, ktorý prispieval do historických záznamov tohto konfliktu. Jeho spisy sa ponorili do zložitostí vojny, často z pohľadu tých, ktorí ju priamo zažili. Skúmal témy odvahy, priateľstva a húževnatosti tvárou v tvár nepriazni osudu. Currieho literárny prínos spočíva v jeho schopnosti oživiť historické udalosti prostredníctvom pútavého rozprávania.
Using diaries, letters, journals, memoirs, prose and poetry the authors present a brutal but realistic portrait of the lives of the men who fought and died beneath the Atlantic during World War II. It is a story of extreme mental and physical endurance, fear, resilience and heroism.
Without the merchant navies of Britain, Cana da and the USA the British would not have survived even a fe w weeks of war. In words and pictures this book honours the mariners who faced danger day after day to bring essential s upplies to Britain. '