Unbroken The Story of a Submarine
by Mars, Alastair
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-107: Frederick Muller Ltd. Very Good-. 1953. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Collins, London, UK. 1953. 224 pgs. Reprint. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (piece missing from the rear panel of the DJ). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. During the bleak, heartbreaking days of early 1942, when beleaguered Malta was reeling under bombardment and blockade and Rommel was making his last desperate thrust towards Egypt, only one British submarine was operating in the western Mediterranean - the tiny, 600-ton Unbroken. In twelve months in the Med, Unbroken sank over 30,000 tons of enemy shipping, took part in four secret operations, three successful gun actions, and survived a total of over 400 depth charges, as well as innumerable air and surface attacks. This account of the 26-year-old Alastair Mars' command of this outstandingly successful submarine embraces her construction, sea trials and voyage to Gibraltar preparatory to her vital role in the Mediterranean. Once there, she was responsible for the destruction of two Italian cruisers and played a pivotal part in Operation Pedestal, the convoy that saved Malta from surrender. Alastair Mars writes simply and without pretension, and his words evoke the claustrophobic yet heroic world of the submariner. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68191
- Title
- Unbroken The Story of a Submarine
- Author
- Mars, Alastair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Publisher
- Frederick Muller Ltd
- Place of Publication
- E-107
- Date Published
- 1953
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