The Convoy by Angus Konstam Published by: Bloomsbury Publishing Reviewed by: Greg Swinden The British prime minister, Winston Churchill, said after the Second World War that there was only ...
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The debt owed to the Norwegian Merchant Service and MV Herstein
What if anything what does Norway, at the far end of the northern hemisphere, have to do with the wartime security of Australia? As this story unfolds the answer is, ...
Operation Praying Mantis
By Scott Dalton Scott Dalton is enrolled in an external studies program for a Master of Arts in military history through the University of New South Wales ADFA campus. The ...
Book Review: Albany’s ANZAC Convoys
Albany’s ANZAC Convoys by Roger Cunnington. Published by Digger Press, Albany, WA, 2014. Paperback of 176 pages with b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams. $46.95, from sales@diggerpress.com or albanyconvoys@westnet.com.au. The release ...
The Battle of the Atlantic – Western Approaches Command
Convoy System – WW1 and WW2 Comparisons
In World War I the convoy system was not instituted until May 1917, whilst in World War II convoys were quickly organised soon after war was declared in September 1939. ...