Captain F J Walker, RN, did more than any other man at sea to win
the Battle of the Atlantic, a vicious and unrelenting struggle
which Churchill described as the dominating factor throughout World
War Two. He was a formidable figure and one of the greatest
fighting captains in the history of the Royal Navy, sinking twenty
U-boats. For this he was awarded a CB and four DSOs, only the
second man in the history of the Royal Navy to receive this award
four times. A month after D-Day, exhausted by his continuous
actions at sea against the enemy and his successful exertions to
keep the U-boats out of the English Channel to ensure the safe
passage of the Allied landings at D-day, he went ashore in
Liverpool after a patrol. His ships and the men he had trained and
inspired were already back at sea when he died on the 9 July, 1944,
aged 48. His ships went on to sink another nine U-boats, bring his
flotillas total up to twenty-nine, before the U-boat fleet finally
surrendered. Fifteen of which were sunk by Walkers own ship, HMS
Starling.
General
| Imprint: |
Pen & Sword Military
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| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
December 2022 |
| Authors: |
Alan Burn
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| Dimensions: |
156 x 232 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
224 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-07727-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-399-07727-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781399077279 |
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