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During her distinguished career, submarine HMS Saracen was responsible for sinking thousands of tons of Axis shipping. But in August 1943 her luck ran out when she was mortally wounded by depth charges from two Italian corvettes, the last Allied submarine to be sunk by the Italians. Forced to surface, she was scuttled by her crew who were taken prisoner. But HMS Saracen's story is more than the story of a submarine. It is the story of her crew and their experiences both before and after her loss. From the cat and mouse games of war at sea to their harrowing escape from their stricken ship, from being sent to Dachau to finding themselves on a POW train bombed by the Americans, from being shot by the Germans to being assisted by the Rome Escape Line, from being sheltered by Italian families to joining the partisans, their stories of escape, of flight, of capture, are as varied as the men themselves. But their shared goal was to return home safely to their families and sadly some never did.Product Identifiers
PublisherLulu.com
ISBN-139781326063207
eBay Product ID (ePID)222101788
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Book TitleTwixt the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
AuthorJanet Kinrade Dethick, Anne M. Corke
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistory
Publication Year2015
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages294 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height234mm
Item Width156mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorAnne M. Corke, Janet Kinrade Dethick
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom