The North Atlantic Front: The Northern Isles at War

The North Atlantic Front: The Northern Isles at War
ISBN-10
1841582794
ISBN-13
9781841582795
Category
Orkney (Scotland)
Pages
228
Language
English
Published
2003-09
Author
James Miller

Description

During the two World Wars, the island groups of Orkney, Shetland, the Faroes, and Iceland, linking Europe to North America, acquired great significance. This work tells of operations along this northern front, and recounts incidents such as the arrest of the staff of the Lerwick Post Office.

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