[C19fan]

In this convoy, death came from every direction.

[Slyfox]

A couple of years ago I went to Malta with a friend who is a retired history professor. It was quite an informative trip.

[Guenevere]

I just finished After Dunkirk by Lee Jackson
It is a smashingly good historical novel.......couldn’t put it down.

I didn’t know thousands of British and French troops used as rear guard didn’t get rescued even though tens of thousands did

[Gay State Conservative]

I've read that somewhere around 50% of those who served in the German navy died. I wonder what the figure might have been in the Royal Navy...or the merchant marine.

For that matter I wonder what the stats were for the US Navy.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I have a couple of Max’s books...

[Fiji Hill]

Because if there was just one ship on whom the island’s survival depended even now, it was the Ohio, the sole tanker in the convoy, carrying fuel for the island’s vehicles, generators and vital defensive equipment, as well as the planes and warships.

More importantly, the fuel was to be used by the civilians to cook their food. They had supplies of grain, but it was inedible raw, and Malta was completely out of fuel. At one point the island's commanding officer Lord Gort to considered surrendering in order to save the civilian population from starving. And Gort was no sissy--he had won the Victoria Cross in WWI, an award that is often earned posthumously.

[cyclotic]

Another story of ordinary men doing extraordinary things during WWII. Even though I’ve read countless WWII books, I continue to read such stories I’d never before heard.

Retired Naval officer P.T. Dueterman has written several naval novels set in WWII. The last one was about PT boats.

[Rocky]

A fascinating story. WWII was filled with such stories of heroism in every theater. I find myself wondering: Where did all of these heroes come from? It just shows what greatness is lurking in the hearts of many people.