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A review by royzee
Force Benedict by Anthony Loveless, Eric Carter
4.0
An excellent story well told but a bit short on air combat action. An adventure I knew little about when Churchill and co tried to help irascible, ungrateful Stalin with some of our best planes, pilots and groundcrew. Sadly, the action was infrequent though when it came it was successful. They spent more time on the ground trying to get used to totally alien surroundings even though their hosts were in the main welcoming and grateful.
I learned some interesting things along the way such as the lack of the right kind of petrol because the Soviets were some way behind western chemical tech. But you come away with a sense of disappointment over ingratitude at the top levels not just for this effort but for the millions of pounds and dollars worth of supplies a great many men risked everything to get to one of the most inhospitable regions on earth. OK, we were fighting the Nazis together at the time but events like in this book get conveniently overlooked in the success on the Eastern Front because such defence had a key contribution to the ultimate success.
So all in all a worthy report and engaging read.
I learned some interesting things along the way such as the lack of the right kind of petrol because the Soviets were some way behind western chemical tech. But you come away with a sense of disappointment over ingratitude at the top levels not just for this effort but for the millions of pounds and dollars worth of supplies a great many men risked everything to get to one of the most inhospitable regions on earth. OK, we were fighting the Nazis together at the time but events like in this book get conveniently overlooked in the success on the Eastern Front because such defence had a key contribution to the ultimate success.
So all in all a worthy report and engaging read.