A new publication on the Arctic Convoys by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore will be released next week by the bestselling author of Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man and Enigma: The Battle for the Code. 

READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE HERE 

Battle of the Arctic tells a unique story. The action unfolded as Allied naval and merchant seamen, airmen, submariners, soldiers and intelligence officers delivered on their countries’ promise to take arms to Russia notwithstanding the German attempts to hunt them in their aircraft, U-boats and surface fleet spearheaded by Tirpitz and Scharnhorst.

Using new material unearthed in American, British, Russian and German archives, as well as Polish, Norwegian, French and Dutch sources, and a remarkable collection of vivid witness accounts brought together at the passing of the last survivors, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore shines a revealing light on this extraordinary tale that oscillates between the sailors’ eye view on the front line, and the controversies that infuriated world leaders.

The book release will be accompanied by a number of events, including at HMS Belfast on Thursday 6th November – see press release for details and to book tickets.