The Steamboat Era Museum, 156 King Carter Drive, Irvington, recently announced the forthcoming release of Steamboats vs. U-Boats: The Story of Convoy Maniac, by maritime historian Jack Shaum. This ...
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Deadliest British Soldier of WWII

From the skies, seas, and shadows of World War II, three British warriors redefined the art of combat against the Axis powers. RAF ace Johnnie Johnson dominated the air war over Europe, mastering the ...
"After the fall of France in 1940, Germany attempted to strangle Britain into submission by attacking the Atlantic Convoys, which brought much need supplies and war materiel from the USA and Canada.
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign of the Second World War, and one of its most decisive ...
February 1943. In the icy North Atlantic, German U-boats encircled Convoy ON-166, 63 ships hauling vital cargo from America to Britain. What should’ve been an easy slaughter turned into a nightmare.
The navy announced the rescue of 44 crew members of the U.S.S. Reuben James, an aged destroyer blasted to the bottom of the North Atlantic, by a U-boat.