They Couldn't Have Done it Without Us: The Merchant Navy in the Falklands War

Over seventy merchant ships sailed in the Task force sent by Britain to recapture the Falkland islands in 1982. Some were Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, but the majority were STUFT-ships taken up from trade-and the officers and crew of these merchant vessels, all volunteers, suddenly found themselves thrust into a war zone in the South Atlantic.

• | By (Author): John Johnson-Allen (Author)
• | Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• | Publication Date: Nov 18, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 252 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1906266239
• | ISBN-13: 9781906266233