Sink the Tirpitz: Convoy PQ 18, Soviet-Based RAF Bombers and the Battle Against Hitler's Last Great Warship

Treachery and perseverance collided as Arctic convoys faced Tirpitz’s threat, shaping a pivotal, decisive Air-Sea rescue triumph.

The war hung in the balance. In the Pacific, the Japanese had suffered their first major defeat at Midway and the German advance into the heart of Russia had stalled at Stalingrad. But if the Germans could break through into the Caucasus and capture its vital oil fields, the Soviets might be battered into bloody defeat. It was crucial that the convoys from the UK ...