Recounts one of the greatest sea stories of World War II. It is the story of how George Binney, a 39 year-old civilian working in neutral Sweden when Norway was overrun by the Germans in 1940, set about running vital cargoes of Swedish ball-bearings and special steels to Britain through the blockaded Skagerrak, where German air strength was dominant and where the Royal Navy dare not trespass. Despite Admiralty gloom and in the face of political objections that were overcome by Binney's persistence, five ships carrying a ...
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Recounts one of the greatest sea stories of World War II. It is the story of how George Binney, a 39 year-old civilian working in neutral Sweden when Norway was overrun by the Germans in 1940, set about running vital cargoes of Swedish ball-bearings and special steels to Britain through the blockaded Skagerrak, where German air strength was dominant and where the Royal Navy dare not trespass. Despite Admiralty gloom and in the face of political objections that were overcome by Binney's persistence, five ships carrying a year's supply of valuable materials for the expanding British war industries were successfully sailed to Britain in January 1941. A following attempt was not as successful and ended when six ships were sunk or scuttled. But then came the saga of the Little Ships, the motor gunboats flying the Red Duster that operated out of the Humber to and from the Swedish coast in the winter of 1943/44, defying the strengthened German defenses and the wrath of severe weather.
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Add this copy of The Blockade Busters to cart. $20.12, very good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1976 by Chatto & Windus.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x5x1; First American edition. Jacket price clipped, page ridges foxed. 1977 Hard Cover. 224 pp. Contains a detailed account of three important British naval blockade-running attempts from neutral Sweden during WWII.
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8vo. 224 pp. Numerous photo illusts. Half-blue cloth over blue boards, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (frnt flp clppd as issued), NF/NF. First edition of this tale of George Binney, who was a blockade runner bringing Swedish war material to Britain through the German blockade in the Skagerrak.
Add this copy of Blockade Busters Declassified and Told at Last-One of to cart. $32.00, very good condition, Sold by Austin Book Shop LLC rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Richmond Hill, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by W.W. Norton.
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Very Good. Slightly Frayed DJ. 224pp Illus. Index. Swede George Binney, with crews of Swedish engineers and Norwegian patriots, ran a blockade of Swedish material out into the North Sea and on to England. (Loc 900/1)
Add this copy of The Blockade Busters to cart. $44.06, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1977 by Norton.
Add this copy of Blockade Busters to cart. $52.26, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Pen and Sword Military Classic.
Add this copy of The Blockade Busters to cart. $67.02, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1977 by Norton.
