Leo McKinstry
Northern Irish journalist, historian and author known for political commentary and books on British and Irish history, including biographies and studies of 20th-century politics.
Books
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1. Cinderella Boys
In early 1943 Britain faced a struggle for survival as German U-boats ravaged Atlantic supply lines. Churchill turned to the RAF maritime wing, an overlooked, underfunded force known as the Cinderella Service, and equipped it with long-range planes, depth charges, rockets and radar. Coastal Command's transformation forced the U-boats to retreat by summer 1943, helped keep Britain in the war and opened the way to D-Day. McKinstry draws on diaries, log books, official records and interviews to illuminate the pilots, scientists and political risktakers involved.
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