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Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Pride on Hitler's Fleet (Paperback)
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Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Pride on Hitler's Fleet (Paperback)
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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. In this new account of those
dramatic events at the height of the Second World War, Iain
Ballantyne draws extensively on the graphic eye-witness testimony
of veterans, to construct a thrilling story, mainly from the point
of view of the British battleships, cruisers and destroyers
involved. He describes the tense atmosphere as cruisers play a
lethal cat and mouse game as they shadow Bismarck in the icy
Denmark Strait. We witness the shocking destruction of the British
battlecruiser Hood, in which all but three of her ship's complement
were killed; an event that filled pursuing Royal Navy warships,
including the battered battleship Prince of Wales, with a thirst
for revenge. While Swordfish torpedo-bombers try desperately to
cripple the Bismarck, we sail in destroyers on their own daring
torpedo attacks, battling mountainous seas. Finally, the author
takes us into the final showdown, as battleships Rodney and King
George V, supported by cruisers Norfolk and Dorsetshire, destroy
the pride of Hitler's fleet. This vivid, superbly researched
account portrays this epic saga through the eyes of so-called
'ordinary sailors' caught up in extraordinary events. Killing the
Bismarck is an outstanding read, conveying the horror and majesty
of war at sea in all its cold brutality and awesome power.
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