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The Quiet Heroes: British Merchant Seaman at War (Hardcover)

by Bernard Edwards (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd (6 Jun 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0850529115
  • ISBN-13: 978-0850529111
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 790,562 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The 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. For almost six years they faced, without flinching, their own private hell of torpedoes, bombs, shells and mines, all the while fending off their old arch-enemy, the sea. Sorely pressed, and often tired near to death, they kept open Britain's tenuous lifelines, bringing millions of tons of raw materials, food, oil, arms and ammunition, without which the country could not have survived. As always, their spirit was indomitable, their professionalism unchallenged. The price they paid for their bravery and dedication was horrendous: 2,246 ships lost, 29,180 men killed, and countless hundreds maimed and wounded. This book tells the story of just a few of these quiet heroes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A vital historical document, 24 April 2004
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The song or prayer "For those in peril on the sea" refers to the dailybattle seafarers encounter from the oceans and elements regularly faced.Ships formed into war-time Convoy's for purported greater safety, toooften presented a skittle-alley to subamarine torpedoes, a fairgroundshooting-range to armed raiders or battleships, and even crawling prey tothe falcons flying above.
This book required none of the drama building of a novelist orscreenwriter, its naked, oftentimes understated revelations about therealities of being a seaman, during a destructive world war, areoverlooked stories.
It was amazing to learn the Merchant Navy lost a far greater proportion ofits strength than 'any' of the armed services, yet these men were 'not'concripts, rather they were volunteers, doing a job, and called upon torisk all - routinely. That one-in-three of them died, and, we do not knowabout it, seems obscene. I think we should salute them. An informative andthought provoking read.
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