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PQ17
Posted by: Bruce Dennis ()
Date: July 12, 2006 10:50PM

I confess: I expected a lot of replies to my recent post concerning PQ17.

Knowing how most English language war histories are, naturally, based on British, Commonwealth and American sources, I feel it is important to know which works are reliable in their representation of the German actions. The Battle of PQ17 is especially important in that respect as it has reached near mythical status.

The Allies showed a major commitment in the Russian convoys and there must be an equally complex tale of the German commitment to break the Russian supply-line. With the vast amount of knowledge behind the forum, I was hoping to find the ‘correct’ source for the German side. Perhaps there isn’t one? Or just not one in English?

If anyone knows of errors or other problems with these books, I would be interested in your views:

PQ17 Convoy to Hell - the survivors' Story (ISBN: 0450012999) by Paul Lund and Harry Ludlam

CONVOY IS TO SCATTER: The Story of PQ17 by Jack Broome

Battle in the Arctic Seas: The story of Convoy PQ17 by Theodore Taylor

Abandoned Convoy. The U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II. The Full Story of the Debacle of CONVOY P.Q.-17. (ISBN: 0682470856) by S.J. "Ferocious" O'Flaherty

and of course: The Destruction of Convoy PQ.17 by David Irving




Thanks again,

Bruce


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Subject Written By Posted
PQ17 Bruce Dennis 07/12/2006 10:50PM
Re: PQ17 Barry Scully 07/13/2006 07:36PM
Re: PQ17 Bruce Dennis 07/14/2006 11:47AM
Re: PQ17 Barry Scully 07/14/2006 12:16PM
Re: PQ17 Vlad 07/16/2006 01:58PM
Re: PQ17 Bruce Dennis 07/16/2006 02:10PM
Re: PQ17 Roland Berr 07/17/2006 06:40AM
Re: PQ17 Bruce Dennis 07/17/2006 08:17AM
Re: PQ17 Bruce Dennis 07/17/2006 11:31PM
Convoy PQ-17 SailorSteve 08/14/2012 03:23PM


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