The Silent Service: The Inside Story of the Royal Navy's Submarine Heroes

by John Parker

Overview

One of the great untold stories of the British services is that of the Royal Navy Submarine Service which entered the fray in World War I with 100 underwater craft. Through World War II, where submariners' prospects of returning safely from a mission were only 50:50, the Falklands conflict and the sinking of the Belgrano, to present-day elite machines, the Silent Service has played an enormous part in British defence. John Parker's in-depth investigation is very much personality led with diaries from the early part of the century to substantial first-person testimony from survivors of wartime heroics (when many VCs were won).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472202611
Publisher:	Headline Book Publishing, Limited
Publication date:	02/28/2013
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	797,635
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

John Parker, a journalist and former Fleet Street editor, has undertaken many investigative projects in his writing career with topics ranging from the Mafia to Northern Ireland. His numerous books include several military bestsellers including THE GURKHAS, DEATH OF A HERO and SBS: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE SPECIAL BOAT SERVICE.