Town Class Destroyers

In 1940 Great Britain was in dire straits and facing Nazi invasion.  Twenty-four destroyers had been lost during the Dunkirk evacuation.  Winston Churchill asked the United States' President Roosevolt for 'the loan of forty or fifty of your oldest destroyers'.  He got them - eventually.  In response to Churchill's request, and in return for the use by the US of British bases in the Caribbean, fifty mothballed 'flush-deck' destroyers of the United States Navy were supplied to the Royal Navy.  This book presents a comprehensive history of their service, to their operational use and a detailed assesment of their service and achievements.

In 1940, Marea Britanie se afla in stramtoare si se confrunta cu invazia nazista. Douazeci si patru de distrugatoare se pierdusera in timpul evacuarii din Dunkerque. Winston Churchill i-a cerut presedintelui Statelor Unite Roosevolt „imprumutul a patruzeci sau cincizeci dintre cei mai vechi distrugatori ai vostri”. Le-a luat - in cele din urma. Ca raspuns la cererea lui Churchill si in schimbul utilizarii de catre SUA a bazelor britanice din Caraibe, cincizeci de distrugatoare „flush-deck” ale Marinei Statelor Unite au fost furnizate Marinei Regale. Aceasta carte prezinta un istoric cuprinzator al serviciilor lor, utilizarii lor operationale si o evaluare detaliata a serviciilor si realizarilor lor.