British Lend-Lease Warships 1940–45 - Angus Konstam

An illustrated history of the American-built destroyers and frigates supplied to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease, which played a crucial role in Britain's war in the Atlantic.As U-boat attacks on Britain’s vital sea lanes increased in ferocity, and Royal Navy warship losses mounted, the United States passed the Lend-Lease Act, the cornerstone of America’s wartime role as armourer to the Allies.Naval historian Angus Konstam here offers an account of the Royal Navy’s Lend-Lease destroyers and... Zobrazit více