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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
The theme of the above posted book covers well-documented stuff. What is very, very sparsely covered anywhere in "the West," it seems, is the very similar situation that the Soviets faced with Lend-Lease items being able to reach them by ship, to their warm-weather ports in their north. I know almost nothing about the whole campaign, except the fact that the Soviets finally, too, found answers to their German submarine problem. I would love to find and read a book on that subject; there's probably some video clips, about it, at YouTube, that would satisfy some of my interest . . . .
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The Murmansk convoys took horrendous losses. Besides the U-boats, there were aerial attacks from Norway plus the possibility of a sortie by the battleships
Tirpitz and
Scharnhorst.
You might be interested in one of these. The Woodman and Walling books are full price. The books by Edwards is quite inexpensive.
Arctic Convoys 1941–1945 by Richard Woodman
https://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Convoy.../dp/B07FJM4CWY
Goodreads page:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...arctic-convoys
Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War II by Michael G. Walling
https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Sac.../dp/1472811100
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DPPXF5I
Goodreads page:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...tten-sacrifice
The Road to Russia: Arctic Convoys 1942-45 by Bernard Edwards
https://www.amazon.ca/Road-Russia-Co.../dp/B00DN5VBBQ
Goodreads page:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...road-to-russia