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UNIQUE WORLD WAR II NOVEL
FROM A BRITISH DESTROYER'S PERSPECTIVE
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HMS Glowworm H92 is a World War II British destroyer. She was lost in an ocean duel with the German battlecruiser, Hipper, on April 8, 1940. It was a noble struggle and Glowworm, in her last effort to try and sink the larger ship, tried to ram, but her efforts were unsuccessful and it was believed she died that day, along with most of her crew. She sank to the bottom off Norway and is there today; but she did not actually “die;” she rested. In a peculiar set of circumstances, by expressing herself as an inanimate object, she has presented the stories of 122 fellow British destroyers lost in World War II. Experience her expressions, dynamic and sincere through this book. Her knowledge is accompanied by notes of the war from 1939 through 1945. In many ways this is a book of fiction and in many ways it is not. You will have to decide for yourself.
HMS Glowworm H92
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This book started out as a short story. The author was so moved by the fact that Captain Heye of the Hipper was so impressed by the efforts of Glowworm and her crew, he, through the Red Cross, recommended Captain Roope of the Glowworm for the British Victoria Cross. The gallant captain did receive this exceptional honor posthumously, since he was lost with his ship. This so impressed the author, that he, after a few tears of emotion, insisted on producing an entire book from his short story and include the 122 other destroyers lost as well. All ships, regardless of which color each flew, involved in her individual loss, was included with a full description of that vessel, its crew, its captain and its ultimate fate. This was augmented by senses he received from the Glowworm herself, so far away and so deep in the sea. He believes she communicated with him and in harmony wrote the book from her own viewpoint. This may sound odd, but neither the author nor the ship think differently. To provide a proper backdrop for this amazing story, he added a running history.
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