The deck & the bridge were pointing to the sky at an alarming angle & our thoughts were to get the devil out of it & into the water. Almost in unison we shouted for Gods sake jump boys". " Citizen Sailors" is a groundbreaking peoples history of the Royal Navy in the Second World War. Drawing on hundreds of contemporary diaries & letters along with memoirs oral history & official documents Glyn Prysor tells the human story of Britains war at sea. The sailors of the Royal Navy fought from the very first day of the war until the very last. They played a vital part in a truly global war from America to Australia & from the Arctic to South Africa. They fought in every conceivable vessel: vast aircraft carriers & cramped corvettes fast motor boats & rickety minesweepers Swordfish biplanes & ageing submarines. Seen through the eyes of sailors themselves this is a compelling account of life in the wartime Royal Navy: humanity & horror triumphs & tragedies nerve-wracking convoys & epic gun battles devastating aerial bombardment & swashbuckling amphibious landings. " Citizen Sailors" puts the Royal Navy & its sailors back at the heart of the story of Britains Second World War."