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HENRY BELL is provoked by a book that looks toward, but does not fully explore the question of who gets to imagine the shapes of cities to come
The Convoy – HG-76: Taking the Fight to Hitler’s U-boats
Angus Konstam, Osprey, £25
DURING the early years of the second world war, scantily protected convoys of merchant ships undertook perilous journeys sailing from the US, Africa and Gibraltar to Britain in order to bring home food, raw materials and other supplies vital to the war effort.
This precarious lifeline kept Britain in the fight against Nazi Germany and accordingly became an obvious target for “wolf packs” of U-boats patrolling under the sea and looking to sink poorly defended targets.
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