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A Game of Birds and Wolves - The Secret Game that Revolutionised the War (Paperback)
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A Game of Birds and Wolves - The Secret Game that Revolutionised the War (Paperback)
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List price R343
Loot Price R279
Discovery Miles 2 790
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'Compelling' Sunday Times 'A triumph' Daily Mirror 'Gripping'
Jonathan Dimbleby 1941. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster.
Thousands of supply ships ferrying vital food and fuel from North
America to Britain are being torpedoed by German U-boats. Britain
is only weeks away from starvation - and with that, crushing
defeat. In the first week of 1942 a group of unlikely heroes - a
retired naval captain and a clutch of brilliant young women -
gather to form a secret strategy unit. On the top floor of a
bomb-bruised HQ in Liverpool, the Western Approaches Tactical Unit
spends days and nights designing and playing wargames in an effort
to crack the U-boat tactics. As the U-boat wolfpacks continue to
prey upon the supply ships, the Wrens race against time to save
Britain. With novelistic flair, investigative journalist Simon
Parkin shines a light on Operation Raspberry and these unsung
heroines in this riveting true story of war at sea. 'History
writing at its best' Booklist 'Splendid . . . Simon Parkin's book
rips along at full sail and is full of personality and
personalities' Sunday Express 'Vivid, engaging' New Yorker
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