KILLING THE BISMARCK: DESTROYING THE PRIDE OF HITLER'S FLEET
Written by Iain Ballantyne
Published by Pen & Sword Maritime
in 2010
ISBN: 9781844159833
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- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- MARITIME
KILLING THE BISMARCK: DESTROYING THE PRIDE OF HITLER'S FLEET
Written by Iain Ballantyne.
Stock no. 1829879
1st.
2010.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Providing a harrowing insight into the unremitting cruelty of war at sea, this book is delievered with the verve of a novel, taking the reader on a roller-coaster ride in which each twist and turn yields new shocks. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Foreword by Admiral Sir Jonathon Bad GCB. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844159833. A lovely copy, appears unread!
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword by Admiral Sir Jonathon Band GCB
- Acknowledgements
- Author's Introduction
- Prologue: The Hoodoo Ship
- 1 Made with Blood and Iron
- 2 Germany's Masterly Deception
- 3 Storm-Tossed Sentinels
- 4 Raise Steam with All Despatch
- 5 Heavyweight with a Glass Jaw
- 6 The Navy's Here
- 7 Rushing to their Destiny
- 8 Death of a Battlecruiser
- 9 The Entrails of Hell
- 10 After Shock
- 11 The Hunters and the Hunted
- 12 Swordfish Strike
- 13 A Day of Fearful Gloom
- 14 Steering to Intercept Enemy
- 15 Remorseless Determination
- 16 Sorry for the Kipper
- 17 Into the Jaws of Death
- 18 Vian's Dilema
- 19 A Desperate and Deadly Race
- 20 The Brutal Business of War
- 21 In at the Kill
- 22 A Necessary Killing
- 23 Ghosts at the Feast
- 24 Bitter Harvest
- Notes
- Appendices
- Maps
- Sources
- Bibliography
- Index