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245 10 a| Battle of the Arctic :b| the maritime epic of World War Two /c| Hugh Sebag-Montefiore.;

246 30 a| Maritime epic of World War Two;

250 a| First Pegasus Books cloth edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Pegasus Books,c| 2026.;

300 a| 808 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :b| ilustrations, maps ;c| 23 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| "It is 1941 and Russia has been invaded. The terms of the new alliance were that Western nations would ship urgently needed war materials to Russia via the shortest but most dangerous route : sailing north of the Arctic Circle while being hunted by U-boats, the Luftwaffe, and a surface fleet spearheaded by Tirpitz and Scharnhorst. Thisendeavor was called the Arctic convoys. Battle of the Arctic is about the conflict and naval battles that unfolded while Allied naval and merchant seamen, airmen, submariners, soldiers and intelligence officers delivered on this wartime commitment to Russia from 1941-45,passing through terrific storms, snow, ice and Arctic mirages. Whenships went down in seas so cold that a man could die after just five minutes of immersion, it triggered events reminiscent of the do-or-die moments during the sinking of the Titanic. The aftermath of such incidents was harrowing. Men perished one by one in lifeboats and as castaways on deserted Arctic islands where they were stalked by polar bears. Frostbitten and wounded survivors ended up in Russian hospitals so primitive that amputations were carried out without anaesthetics. Other survivors, while stranded for months in the communist state they were aiding, experienced the murky worlds of the NKVD and the gulags as well as famine and prostitution. In Battle of the Arctic, Sebag-Montefiore has used a remarkable collection of vivid witness accounts brought together at the passing of the last survivorsand has been produced with the benefit of research in Russian, German, British and American archives. Polish, Dutch, Norwegian and French sources have also been quoted. This has enabled the telling of this extraordinary story to oscillate between the sailor's eye view onthe front line and the political controversies that infuriated world leaders. Although the relationship with Russia during WWII was farfrom smooth sailing, this wartime sacrifice for Stalin's Soviet Union is today used by both parties as the historical precedent for future cooperation between Russia and the West"--c| Provided by publisher.;

650 0 a| World War, 1939-1945x| Campaignsz| Arctic Ocean.;

650 0 a| World War, 1939-1945x| Naval operations.;

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Battle of the Arctic : the maritime epic of World War Two / Hugh Sebag-Montefiore.

Author/creator	Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh author.
Format	Book
Edition	First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Publication	New York : Pegasus Books, 2026.
Description	808 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : ilustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects	World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns. --Arctic Ocean. World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations.

Portion of title	Maritime epic of World War Two
Abstract	"It is 1941 and Russia has been invaded. The terms of the new alliance were that Western nations would ship urgently needed war materials to Russia via the shortest but most dangerous route : sailing north of the Arctic Circle while being hunted by U-boats, the Luftwaffe, and a surface fleet spearheaded by Tirpitz and Scharnhorst. Thisendeavor was called the Arctic convoys. Battle of the Arctic is about the conflict and naval battles that unfolded while Allied naval and merchant seamen, airmen, submariners, soldiers and intelligence officers delivered on this wartime commitment to Russia from 1941-45,passing through terrific storms, snow, ice and Arctic mirages. Whenships went down in seas so cold that a man could die after just five minutes of immersion, it triggered events reminiscent of the do-or-die moments during the sinking of the Titanic. The aftermath of such incidents was harrowing. Men perished one by one in lifeboats and as castaways on deserted Arctic islands where they were stalked by polar bears. Frostbitten and wounded survivors ended up in Russian hospitals so primitive that amputations were carried out without anaesthetics. Other survivors, while stranded for months in the communist state they were aiding, experienced the murky worlds of the NKVD and the gulags as well as famine and prostitution. In Battle of the Arctic, Sebag-Montefiore has used a remarkable collection of vivid witness accounts brought together at the passing of the last survivorsand has been produced with the benefit of research in Russian, German, British and American archives. Polish, Dutch, Norwegian and French sources have also been quoted. This has enabled the telling of this extraordinary story to oscillate between the sailor's eye view onthe front line and the political controversies that infuriated world leaders. Although the relationship with Russia during WWII was farfrom smooth sailing, this wartime sacrifice for Stalin's Soviet Union is today used by both parties as the historical precedent for future cooperation between Russia and the West"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	9781639369010
ISBN	1639369015 (hardback)

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