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Destroyer Actions September 1939 - June 1940 ReviewThis book is about the men who served in Destroyers during the first 8 months of WW2. Against a carefully constructed back-drop of the political as well as the naval and strategic conditions under which they were required to operate, the author has included the most personal accounts of survivors who either played a part or actually fought in the actions described. In addition to British and German, therefore, we also have accounts from French, Norwegian and Polish former sailors and civilians.
The first 9 months of WW2 came to be known as "The Phoney War" simply because war was declared and then nothing seemed to be happening. As far as many Destroyer crews were concerned, this was not true at all. Whilst her army was yet to be manned and trained and her aircraft yet to be built, it was Britain's Navy - the Royal Navy, which bore the brunt of conflicts and skirmishes that took place during the early months of a war that was yet to see the retreat from Dunkirk and the fall of France.
Written in a most agreeable style with the authors own narrative interspersed with actual quotes and documents, this is an interesting addition to the overall mosaic which will eventually inform of each and every aspect of an horrendous war that went on to last for some 6 whole years.
With an interesting selection of 19 black and white photos placed together after page 112 (the most dramatic of which appears on the book's cover - having been given a little artistic treatment), I would summarise this book as a well written and clearly well researched work which will be of considerable interest to all those with an interest in the subject.
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Destroyer Actions September 1939 - June 1940 OverviewThis book focuses on the human side of destroyer actions in the first eight months of the War, using eyewitness accounts, many previously unpublished, of those who participated or played a part in the actions. It thus has Polish, French, and Norwegian as well as British and German, naval and civilian input, much of it researched from primary sources. The author has included sufficient contextual background-political, strategic, and tactical-to allow the reader to understand the key role played by the destroyers and their men, of both sides, during the so called "Phoney War" period of WWII. Destroyer crews of both sides had a life of unremitting hardship during the first eight months of the war and their service was one of long periods of boredom, tedium, and tiredness interspersed with intense spells of horror and terror, leavened by very occasional episodes of humor. Always present was the common enemy-the hostile waters of the North Sea and the Atlantic.

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