Fishermen in Wartime

the Struggle at Sea During the First World War 1914-1918

Autor: Walter Wood

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Editura: Leonaur Ltd

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Nets, mines and bullets Very rarely, as we warm our hands by a coal f...

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Autor

Walter Wood

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2011

Pagini

164

EAN

9780857067470

ISBN

9780857067470

Enbook ID

07415681

Editura

Leonaur Ltd

Greutate

345

Dimensiuni

140 x 216 x 13

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Nets, mines and bullets Very rarely, as we warm our hands by a coal fire or eat our fish supper, do we think about what it took to heat our rooms or fill our plates. We may feel grateful that the task was fortunately undertaken by others-that it is something we would not wish to do ourselves-but nothing more. The life of the fishermen of Northern waters is, and always has been, a perilous one, many brave sailors have drowned in pursuit of food for our nation. When war came the fishing fleet, aware of its duty, did not dry dock and hang its nets until peace returned. It still set out to fish, aware that the perils of its trade would be worsened by the presence of an enemy that knows that a hungry nation will be subdued more quickly. It would have been enough if that was all British fishermen had done, but they also gathered intelligence, cleared mines, fought actions from armed fishing vessels and many other incredible acts of courage and devotion. These were not men whose achievements were seen as glamorous, but they were nonetheless brave, unsung heroes in war as well as in peace. This book details the actions of British Fishermen in Northern waters during the First World War; it is, of course, an account so full of action and incident that it is essential reading for those interested in the study of maritime warfare. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

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