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British Escort Carriers 1941–45
Angus Konstam
出版
Bloomsbury Publishing
, 2019-09-19
主題
History / Military / Naval
History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
History / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
Technology & Engineering / Military Science
ISBN
147283626X
9781472836267
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=9TeeDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
In 1941, as the Battle of the Atlantic raged and ship losses mounted, the British Admiralty desperately tried to find ways to defeat the U-Boat threat to Britain's maritime lifeline. Facing a shortage of traditional aircraft carriers and shore-based aircraft, the Royal Navy, as a stopgap measure, converted merchant ships into small 'escort carriers'. These were later joined by a growing number of American-built escort carriers, sent as part of the Lend-Lease agreement.
The typical Escort Carrier was small, slow and vulnerable, but it could carry about 18 aircraft, which gave the convoys a real chance to detect and sink dangerous U-Boats. Collectively, their contribution to an Allied victory was immense, particularly in the long and gruelling campaigns fought in the Atlantic and Arctic. Illustrated throughout with detailed full-colour artwork and contemporary photographs, this fascinating study explores in detail how these adaptable ships had such an enormous impact on the outcome of World War II's European Theatre.