Waves of Hate - Naval Atrocities of the Second World War, by Tony Bridgland
Waves of Hate - Naval Atrocities of the Second World War, by Tony Bridgland
Published by Pen & Sword in 2002, 243 pages. Hardback with Dust Jacket (N4023)
Brand New Book
Whilst researching an earlier book, the author unearthed details of numerous incidents at sea which happened during the Second World War that shocked and surprised him - and this book is the result of further in-depth study of those events. It reveals a long catalogue of atrocities perpetrated not just by Germany and Japan but also by the British and her Allies. Chapters include:
- Viktor Oehrn, The Sheaf Mead and the Severn Leigh
- Schiff 21
- The Seavacuees of the City of Benares
- The Laconia Affair
- The second patrol of the HMS Torbay
- SS Peleus - a Greek Tragedy in the Atlantic
- The yanks give no quarter
- The Tjisalak Massacre
- The Trawler Noreen Mary
- The Hell Ships
Thanks to meticulous research into a wide variety of incidents at sea, this book makes for vivid and compelling, if uneasy, reading.....
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