The Great Ships : British Battleships in World War II
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Authoritative study of the battleship in World War IIStirring episodes of naval combatCovers the famous chase after theBismarck, the sinking of theScharnhorst, the coastal bombardments on D-Day, and other actionsAlthough naval development before World War II focused on aircraft carriers, the British nevertheless had seventy battleships--larger and more powerful than ever before--under construction at the outbreak of the war. Indeed, one of the Allies' first successes came in December 1939 when British ships hunted down and successfully engaged the GermanGraf Speeoff the coast of South America. The war would hasten the battleship's decline, but not before producing dramatic moments at sea.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Peter C
Smith - Language
- English
- Series
- Stackpole Military History Series
- ISBN
- 9780811749350
- Release date
- 2014
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Authoritative study of the battleship in World War IIStirring episodes of naval combatCovers the famous chase after theBismarck, the sinking of theScharnhors...