Surviving The Arctic Convoys by John R McKay book It resumed until temporarily suspended

It resumed until temporarily suspended due to the D-Day landings after which the increasing escort availability allowed operations to run uninterrupted until May 1945

and combat between surface ships

of great deeds by men of the Merchant Navy in little ships on voyages they were never designed to undertake

the consequences reach far wider

snow and ice-encrusted superstructures and today the classic white berets of the surviving veterans

Surviving The Arctic Convoys by John R McKay book It resumed until temporarily suspendedLeading Seaman Charlie Erswell saw much more than his fair share of action during the Second World War. He was present at the 1942 landing in North Africa (Operation TORCH), D Day and the liberation of Norway. But his main area of operations was that of the Arctic Convoys, escorting merchant ships taking essential war supplies to the Russian ports of Murmansk and Archangel. In addition to contending with relentless U boat and Luftwaffe attacks, crews