Author(s): Parkin, Simon,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 05/11/2020,
Pagination: 320 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Sceptre,
Published By: Hodder & Stoughton,
Book Classification: Second World War, Naval forces & warfare, Military tactics, Battles & campaigns 
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781529353211

Description:
1941. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Thousands of supply ships ferrying vital food and fuel from North America to Britain are being torpedoed by German U-boats.

Britain is only weeks away from starvation - and with that, crushing defeat. In the first week of 1942 a group of unlikely heroes - a retired naval captain and a clutch of brilliant young women - gather to form a secret strategy unit.

On the top floor of a bomb-bruised HQ in Liverpool, the Western Approaches Tactical Unit spends days and nights designing and playing wargames in an effort to crack the U-boat tactics.

As the U-boat wolfpacks continue to prey upon the supply ships, the Wrens race against time to save Britain. With novelistic flair, investigative journalist Simon Parkin shines a light on Operation Raspberry and these unsung heroines in this riveting true story of war at sea.