Action in the North Atlantic
Here in the story
At sea
When the convoy scatters under a wolfpack attack, the Seawitch hides at the edge of the ice and plays cat and mouse with a U-boat.
What happened here
From August 1941 to May 1945, Allied convoys carried tanks, aircraft and supplies around northern Norway to the Soviet ports of Murmansk and Arkhangelsk. Ships faced pack ice, polar storms, U-boats, Luftwaffe bombers from Norwegian airfields and the threat of the battleship Tirpitz. The worst disaster came in July 1942, when convoy PQ 17 was ordered to scatter and lost 24 of its 35 merchant ships.
Films and series set in Arctic convoy route
The Cruel Sea
Here in the story
At sea
Now commanding a frigate, Ericson and Lockhart hunt U-boats in the freezing waters on the route to Russia.
