The Frogmen: The Story of the Wartime Underwater Operators
by Tom Waldron and James Gleeson
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Quality Book Club Edition - in good condition - has markings from use - due to weights differing for books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.
For the first time the full story is told here of the birth and growth of that strange band of under-water operators - the Frogmen. First came the long and arduous training which united those who passed the searching tests in a close camaraderie. Then, clad in fantastic rubber suits, some crawled on the muddy bottoms of harbours looking for mines, some bestrode torpedoes, others slipped through the darkness in midget submarines. Lockgates were blown, patriots spirited away, the only clue an occasional bubble on the surface of the water. The Frogmen operated in a new world, a world of mystery and unseen dangers, the weird under-water world.
The Frogmen is a magnificent tribute to the almost fantastic courage and skill of officers and men of the Royal Navy and to our scientists. But "courage knows no international frontiers" and the authors have paid full tribute to the gallantry of Italians and Germans in a great and moving book.
For the first time the full story is told here of the birth and growth of that strange band of under-water operators - the Frogmen. First came the long and arduous training which united those who passed the searching tests in a close camaraderie. Then, clad in fantastic rubber suits, some crawled on the muddy bottoms of harbours looking for mines, some bestrode torpedoes, others slipped through the darkness in midget submarines. Lockgates were blown, patriots spirited away, the only clue an occasional bubble on the surface of the water. The Frogmen operated in a new world, a world of mystery and unseen dangers, the weird under-water world.
The Frogmen is a magnificent tribute to the almost fantastic courage and skill of officers and men of the Royal Navy and to our scientists. But "courage knows no international frontiers" and the authors have paid full tribute to the gallantry of Italians and Germans in a great and moving book.
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- DASHbooks (AU)
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- Title
- The Frogmen
- Author
- Tom Waldron and James Gleeson
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Evans Brothers Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- frogmen, divers, war, underwater, navy, german, italian, courage, submarine, midget, torpedo, tom, waldron, james, gleeson, historical, adventure, true, story, wartime,
- Bookseller catalogs
- War; Historical; Social History; Adventure; True Story;
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