HMS Courageous 1939: Eyewitness World War II series

By Leonard James

An ebook contianing eyewitness accounts of the sinking of the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous in the first month of the war. Complete with explanatory text and background on the men and machines involved.
When war broke out in September 1939, the British Royal Navy knew its deadliest enemy would be the German U-boat fleet - which was already at sea and sinking merchant ships. The British put into action a plan developed in peacetime: Hunter-Killer Groups designed to track down and destroy the German U-boats.
But unknown to the British their plan was fatally flawed. It would be HMS Courageous and the men on board her who paid the price for the failure of the plan.
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Contents
Chapter 1 Background
Chapter 2 Men and Machines
Chapter 3 Contemporary Press Reports
Chapter 4 Eyewitness Reports

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bretwalda Books
• Release date: Aug 31, 2013
• ISBN: 9781909698222

Leonard James

About the AuthorLeonard James is the son of an RAF veteran who fought in the Battle of Britain until wounded. Leonard grew up in a household dominated the RAF, and later married the daughter of an RAF squadron leader.

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Eyewitness Second World War

HMS Courageous 1939

by Leonard James

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Published by Bretwalda Books at Smashwords

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First Published 2013

Copyright © Bretwalda Books 2013

Leonard James asserts his moral rights to be regarded as the author of this work.

ISBN 978-1-909698-22-2

Contents

Chapter 1 Background

Chapter 2 Men and Machines

Chapter 3 Eyewitness Accounts

Chapter 1

Background

Britain entered World War II on 3 September 1939, and from the first nobody was in any doubt