# A Game of Birds and Wolves

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- Book: [A Game of Birds and Wolves](https://www.bookquiver.com/simon-parkin/a-game-of-birds-and-wolves) ([A Game of Birds and Wolves.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/simon-parkin/a-game-of-birds-and-wolves.md))
- Authors: [Simon Parkin](https://www.bookquiver.com/simon-parkin)
- Publisher: sceptre
- ISBN: 978-15-2935-321-1
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2020-11-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'Compelling' Sunday Times 'A triumph' Daily Mirror 'Gripping' Jonathan Dimbleby 1941. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Thousands of supply ships ferrying vital food and fuel from North America to Britain are being torpedoed by German U-boats. Britain is only weeks away from starvation - and with that, crushing defeat. In the first week of 1942 a group of unlikely heroes - a retired naval captain and a clutch of brilliant young women - gather to form a secret strategy unit. On the top floor of a bomb-bruised HQ in Liverpool, the Western Approaches Tactical Unit spends days and nights designing and playing wargames in an effort to crack the U-boat tactics. As the U-boat wolfpacks continue to prey upon the supply ships, the Wrens race against time to save Britain. With novelistic flair, investigative journalist Simon Parkin shines a light on Operation Raspberry and these unsung heroines in this riveting true story of war at sea. 'History writing at its best' Booklist 'Splendid . . . Simon Parkin's book rips along at full sail and is full of personality and personalities' Sunday Express 'Vivid, engaging' New Yorker