Bibliograph

Killing the Bismarck, destroying the pride of Hitler's fleet, Iain Ballantyne

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Killing the Bismarck, destroying the pride of Hitler's fleet, Iain Ballantyne

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Killing the Bismarck

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Iain Ballantyne

Sub title

destroying the pride of Hitler's fleet

Summary

In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck, accompanied by heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, broke out into the Atlantic to attack Allied shipping. The Royal Navy's pursuit and subsequent destruction of Bismarck was an epic of naval warfare. Nearly seventy years on, 'Killing the Bismarck' radically alters our perception of this legendary episode, by focusing on first-hand accounts of British sailors, marines and carrier aviators. Controversially, the author presents eye-witness testimony that appears to indicate that the stricken Bismarck was trying to surrender. During this action-packed story we go abroad cruisers playing a lethal cat and mouse game as they shadow Bismarck and experience the British battle cruiser Hood's destruction, a disaster that fuelled a thirst for revenge. We fly in Swordfish torpedo-bombers as their valiant aircrews take off in atrocious weather and defy storms of flak during desperate bids to cripple Bismarck. We sail in destroyers as they make daring torpedo attacks, battling mountainous seas

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