{"product_id":"9781849950640","title":"Wingfield at War: Vol. I","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaptain Mervyn Wingfield was one of the last of his generation of submariners who made their reputation in the Second World War. Pre-war he had served on the China station and lived the riotous life of a young officer; in the war he commanded three submarines, Umpire, Sturgeon and Taurus, survived a collision in the North Sea, spent a winter in the Arctic, penetrated the Norwegian fjords submerged through a mine-field, surfaced off St Nazaire in view of German guns to act as a navigation marker for the raiding force, fought cavalry in the northern Aegean, and later, off Penang, was the first British submariner to sink a Japanese submarine, barely surviving the subsequent, vicious counterattack. Any one of these incidents would have merited a place for Wing-field in the history of naval warfare and the pantheon of submarine heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the post-war years Wingfield enjoyed a successful peacetime career in the Royal Navy where his personal qualities and diplomacy were put to the test as a naval attaché. The story of Wingfield's incredible achievements in the face of almost overwhelming adversity make enthralling reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Whittles Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057174266096,"sku":"9781849950640","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781849950640_p0.jpg?v=1769894689","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849950640","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}