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Battle for the North Atlantic: The Strategic Naval Campaign that Won World War Ⅱ in Europe

机译：北大西洋之战：在欧洲赢得第二次世界大战的战略海军战役

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Growing up in a post-war environment in the busy port of Holyhead made this reviewer's decision to choose a career at sea a natural one. After joining my first ship in 1961, and for many years afterwards, I sailed with a number of seamen who had served on the Atlantic Convoys during the dark days of the Second World War. One particular incident, although slightly distasteful, has stayed with me ever since my first trip to sea. Barely over the Mersey Bar in Liverpool Bay, I needed to use the toilet but, upon entering the communal bathroom and passing the line of cubicles, I was aghast to notice one old weather-beaten seaman sitting there with the latrine door wide open. I thought that this was rather disgusting and, upon my return to the comforts of the mess room, I expressed this opinion to an older crewmember. He gave me the following explanation. 'Taff, he said, 'old Billy was torpedoed five times during the last war and witnessed, on more than one occasion, his shipmates been unable to open doors due to damaged door frames following explosions caused by torpedoes'. Billy, as I recall, never closed his cabin door at sea, but left it ajar on a hook. On warm evenings in the tropics, and often following a heavy rain shower, the younger crew members would frequently gather outside on deck and listen to some Atlantic convoy veterans recalling their exciting, if poignant, reminiscences of their time aboard ships that wartime black humour had dubbed 'floating coffins'. On reflection, these individuals probably had a deep-seated need to talk about their experiences whilst others were reluctant to do so, with old Billy falling into the latter category. For this reviewer, these stories, far too numerous to give detailed attention to here, brought home the hardships of the seamen of the British Merchant Navy during the years 1939-45.
机译：在战后环境中在繁忙的霍利黑德港长大，这使这位审稿人决定选择海上职业自然而然。在1961年加入我的第一艘船之后，以及随后的多年，我与许多在第二次世界大战的黑暗时期曾在大西洋车队服役的海员一起航行。自从我第一次出海旅行以来，一个特别的事件虽然有些令人讨厌，但一直伴随着我。在利物浦湾的梅西酒吧（Mersey Bar）上，我勉强可以使用厕所，但是，进入公共浴室并经过隔间时，我很惊讶地注意到一位老饱经风霜的水手坐在那儿，厕所门敞开着。我以为这很恶心，当我回到食堂舒适的地方时，我向一个年长的机组人员表达了这一观点。他给了我以下解释。他说，塔夫说，“老比利在上一次战争中被鱼雷击中了五次，目睹了他的船友因鱼雷爆炸造成的门框损坏而无法打开门”。我记得比利从未在海上关闭过他的舱门，而是半开在钩上。在热带温暖的夜晚，经常下大雨，年轻的船员们经常聚集在甲板上，听取一些大西洋护卫队的退伍军人的回忆，他们回忆起战时的黑色幽默曾经令人振奋的，令人痛苦的回忆。被称为“浮动棺材”。反思后，这些人可能很需要谈论自己的经历，而其他人则不愿意谈论他们的经历，而老比利则属于后者。对于这位审稿人来说，这些故事太多了，无法在此处进行详细说明，这使英国商船海员在1939-45年间的苦难回到了家。

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