When an Arctic convoy was ordered to scatter in July 1942, disaster appeared inescapable, but a combination of nerve, improvisation and camouflage saw crisis averted.
Many if not all readers will at least know the basic facts about the so-called PQ17 disaster. PQ17 was the World War Two Arctic convoy whose merchant ships on 4 July 1942 were ordered to scatter while carrying arms and other aid to Russia because it was thought...