{"product_id":"battle-of-the-arctic-the-maritime-epic-of-world-war-ii-9781639369010","title":"Battle of the Arctic: The Maritime Epic of World War II","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDunkirk: Fight to the Last Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnigma\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003ethe Battle for the Code\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of unsung American heroism in World War II's maritime epic in the Arctic.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is 1941 and Russia has been invaded. The terms of the new alliance were that Western nations would ship urgently needed war materials to Russia via the shortest but most dangerous route: sailing north of the Arctic Circle while being hunted by U-boats, the Luftwaffe, and a surface fleet spearheaded by \u003ci\u003eTirpitz\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScharnhorst\u003c\/i\u003e. This endeavor was called the Arctic convoys. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBattle of the Arctic\u003c\/i\u003e is about the conflict and naval battles that unfolded while Allied naval and merchant seamen, airmen, submariners, soldiers and intelligence officers delivered on this wartime commitment to Russia from 1941-45, passing through terrific storms, snow, ice and Arctic mirages. When ships went down in seas so cold that a man could die after just five minutes of immersion, it triggered events reminiscent of the do-or-die moments during the sinking of the \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e. The aftermath of such incidents was harrowing. Men perished one by one in lifeboats and as castaways on deserted Arctic islands where they were stalked by polar bears. Frostbitten and wounded survivors ended up in Russian hospitals so primitive that amputations were carried out without anaesthetics. Other survivors, while stranded for months in the communist state they were aiding, experienced the murky worlds of the NKVD and the gulags as well as famine and prostitution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBattle of the Arctic, \u003c\/i\u003eSebag-Montefiore has used a remarkable collection of vivid witness accounts brought together at the passing of the last survivors and has been produced with the benefit of research in Russian, German, British and American archives. Polish, Dutch, Norwegian and French sources have also been quoted. This has enabled the telling of this extraordinary story to oscillate between the sailor's eye view on the front line and the political controversies that infuriated world leaders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugh Sebag-Montefiore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.23w x 2.21d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639369010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugh Sebag-Montefiore \u003c\/b\u003ewas a barrister before becoming a journalist and historian. He has written for the\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph, Observer, Independent on Sunday, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is the author of three bestselling history books, two about the Second World War (\u003ci\u003eEnigma: The Battle for the Code\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDunkirk: Fight to the Last Man\u003c\/i\u003e), and one about the First World War \u003ci\u003e(Somme: Into the Breach\u003c\/i\u003e). He also wrote \u003ci\u003eKings On The Catwalk: The Louis Vuitton Moët-Hennessy Affair\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Hugh Sebag-Montefiore \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47566624850077,"sku":"9781639369010","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_794e5f04-2225-4916-a62e-e875b6ae736e.jpg?v=1768313577","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/battle-of-the-arctic-the-maritime-epic-of-world-war-ii-9781639369010","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}