Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Preface ix
5. Map: The Theatre of Operations xi
6. PART I: CODEBREAKERS
7. 1. The War in the Arctic 1
8. 2. Dolphin and Other Enigmas 24
9. 3. The Big Picture 49
10. PART II: DEFENCE: THE PQ–QP CONVOYS, 1941–1942
11. 4. Tirpitz: The Battle That Never Was 81
12. 5. The Ship That Sank Itself 107
13. 6. ‘Convoy is to Scatter’ 132
14. 7. ‘The Golden Comb’ 155
15. PART III: ATTACK: THE JW–RA CONVOYS, 1942–1945
16. 8. Raeder’s Last Gamble 183
17. 9. ‘We Will Fight to the Last Shell’ 208
18. 10. Killing the ‘Beast’ 232
19. 11. The Arctic Convoys in Retrospect, 1941–1945 258
20. Endnotes 274
21. Bibliography 291
22. Index 297