Hellfire Corner (The Coastal Forces Series Book 1)
- Authors
- Bond, Alaric
- Publisher
- Old Salt Press LLC
- Tags
- motor gun boats , e-boats , coastal forces , ww2 , rnvr , royal navy , wartime england , dover , naval action
- ISBN
- 9781943404285
- Date
- 2020-01-19T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.41 MB
- Lang
- en
Autumn 1941 and a fierce war rages amid the treacherous waters of the Dover Strait. It is fought by the gun and torpedo boats of Britain’s Coastal Forces: fast, frail vessels that do battle against the best of Germany’s Kriegsmarine. The crews are mainly volunteers; men plucked from civilian life and new to the maelstrom of brutal combat. Each take a different route to meet such a personal challenge and prove every bit as powerful, and vulnerable, as the craft in which they serve.
The gripping naval action in Hellfire Corner is set against a backdrop of war-ravaged Dover, a town reeling from the terrors of nightly air raids and daily artillery bombardment.
Authentic detail, tense personal dynamics and tales of individual heroism combine to give a rare and compelling insight into a fascinating aspect of World War Two history.