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Tirpitz - Hunting the Beast (Paperback, New Ed)
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Tirpitz - Hunting the Beast (Paperback, New Ed)
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The German battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz had brutally short
careers. The Bismarck was sunk by the Home Fleet on her first
operational sortie in May 1941. But the Tirpitz, hiding in
Norwegian fjords, remained a menace to Allied convoys and tied down
the British Home Fleet for three years. Periodic scares that the
Tirpitz was 'out' disrupted naval operations and in 1942 led to the
dispersal and destruction of Convoy PQ17. Many attacks on the
Tirpitz were made by British X-craft and Chariots, by the Fleet Air
Arm and by RAF Bomber Command. From May 1940 over 700 British
aircraft tried to bomb, mine or torpedo the Tirpitz on 33 separate
missions; she was finally destroyed by Lancaster bombers with 5-ton
Tallboy bombs. This is the most comprehensive account of the air
attacks on 'the beast' ever published, which is the result of
extensive research of the British and German records by the author,
former head of Defence and International Affairs at RMA Sandhurst.
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