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B T Batsford London 1st edition 1964. Hard cover dust wrapper 224pp b&w plates and maps. Dw is chipped and worn with some creasing and sticker stain on spine. Piece clipped from rear flap. Acid tape stain on rear flap. Dw now protected. Ex library stamps, and loan sheet on rear pastedown. Some acid tape stains on eps. Good. Vice-Admiral Schofield, who himself worked on the organisation of the Russian Convoys, traces their fortunes from 1941 to the last sailings of 1945. He surveys the strategu of both High Commands and the effects of their decisions on the combatants. He also describes in details incidents including the sinking of the Scharnhorst, the crippling of Tirpitz by midget submarines, and convoys PQ17, PQ 18 and JW51B.