The Jail That Went to Sea
By Peter Haining.
Description
How a group of regenerate hoodlums became seamen and braved both the elements and Nazi U-Boats. Not forgetting how the whole operation was nearly scuttled...In 1941 the British people had their backs to the wall in their lone fight against the might of Hitler's Germany. America was neutral, at least until the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Glasgow became the starting point for one of the most amazing and, until now, untold episodes of the war. Government officials desperate for men to sail merchant ships across the Atlantic to collect vital equipment and supplies from North America devised a...
ISBN(s)
186105727X, 9781861057273
