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Battle of the Atlantic

Gauntlet to Victory

September 19, 2023 | Trade paperback
ISBN: 9781443460811
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A brilliant recounting of the Battle of the Atlantic, Canada's longest continuous military engagement of the Second World War and the key to its victory

In the twentieth century's greatest war, one battlefield held the key to victory or defeat--the North Atlantic. It took 2,074 days and nights to determine its outcome, but the Battle of the Atlantic proved the turning point of WWII.

For five and a half years, German surface warships and submarines attempted to destroy Allied transatlantic convoys, most of which were escorted by Royal Canadian Navy destroyers and corvettes, as well as aircraft of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Throwing deadly U-boat wolf packs in the paths of Merchant Navy convoys, the German Kriegsmarine nearly strangled this vital lifeline to a beleaguered Great Britain and left any hope of liberating Europe in doubt. In 1939, Canada's navy went to war with exactly thirteen warships and about 3,500 sailors. During the desperate Atlantic crossings, the RCN grew to 400 fighting ships and over 100,000 men and women in uniform. By VE Day in 1945, it had become the fourth largest navy in the world. The Battle of the Atlantic proved to be Canada's longest continuous military engagement of WWII. The story of the country's naval awakening in the bloody battle to get convoys to Britain is a Canadian wartime saga for the ages.

About this Author

TED BARRIShas published twenty books of non-fiction, half of them wartime histories.The Great Escape: A Canadian Storywon the Libris Award for Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year.Dam Busters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid Against Nazi Germanyreceived the RCAF Association NORAD Trophy.Rush to Danger: Medics in the Line of Firewas longlisted for the RBC Charles Taylor Prize. Ted Barris is a Member of the Order of Canada.

ISBN: 9781443460811
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 544
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2023-09-19

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