One of the great untold stories of the British services is that of the Royal Navy Submarine Service which entered the fray in World War I with 100 underwater craft. Through World War II, where submariners' prospects of returning safely from a mission were only 50:50, the Falklands conflict and the sinking of the Belgrano, to present-day elite machines, the Silent Service has played an enormous part in British defence. John Parker's in-depth investigation is very much personality led with diaries from the early part of the century to substantial first-person testimony from survivors of wartime heroics (when many VCs were won).
- ISBN10 1472202619
- ISBN13 9781472202611
- Publish Date 28 February 2013 (first published 27 September 2001)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Headline Publishing Group
- Imprint Headline Book Publishing
- Edition Digital original
- Format eBook
- Pages 288
- Language English