Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for July 4–10
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By C.S. Forester
This book recounts 52 hours of a 1942 winter crossing of the Atlantic by a slow convoy. It was the worst part of the Battle of the Atlantic. The escort, commanded by U.S. Navy Commander George Krause, is inadequate, and German U-boats numerous. I
t's Krause's first wartime command, and likely his first completely independent command. It demonstrates how an ordinary man rises above his limitations to meet an extraordinary situation. The book w
as adapted into the 2020 movie 'Greyhound,' starring Tom Hanks.
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