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Название: British Escort Carriers 1941-45 Автор: Angus Konstam, Paul Wright Издательство: Osprey Publishing Серия: Osprey New Vanguard 274 ISBN: 978 1472836250 Год издания: 2019 Язык: English Cтраниц: 49 Формат: True PDF Размер: 7,4 MB
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.
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British Escort Carriers 1941-45 (Osprey New Vanguard 274) 
