03792cam a2200421 4500 522613859 TxAuBib 20210905120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781935149828 1935149822 B003M5H73I Amazon 90540e82-d552-4ae7-bdf3-0b2b4b1aef0b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 563137 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Tamelander, Michael. Bismarck [Libby eBook] : The Final Days of Germany's Greatest Battleship. Casemate Publishers (Ignition), 2009. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 4175kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. naval history. World War II. German Navy. HTML:<p><b>The author of <i>Blitzkrieg</i> covers one of the most dramatic events of the Second World War in an</b> <b>"outstanding book about naval warfare" (<i>World War II History</i>).</b><br /> <br /> When the German battleship <i>Bismarck</i>—a masterpiece of engineering, well-armored with a main artillery of eight 15-inch guns—left the port of Gotenhafen for her first operation on the night of May 18, 1941, the British battlecruiser <i>Hood</i> and the new battleship <i>Prince of Wales</i> were ordered to find her quickly, as several large convoys were heading for Britain.<br /> <br /> On May 24, <i>Bismarck</i> was found off the coast of Greenland, but the ensuing battle was disastrous for the British. The <i>Hood</i> was totally destroyed within minutes, with only three crewmen surviving, and <i>Prince of Wales</i> was badly damaged. The chase resumed until the German behemoth was finally caught, this time by four British capital ships supported by torpedo-bombers from the carrier <i>Ark Royal</i>. The icy North Atlantic roiled from the crash of shellfire and bursting explosions until finally the Bismarck collapsed, sending nearly two thousand German sailors to a watery grave.<br /> <br /> Tamelander and Zetterling's work rests on stories from survivors and the latest historical discoveries. The book starts with a thorough account of maritime developments from 1871 up to the era of the giant battleship, and ends with a vivid account, hour by hour, of the dramatic and fateful hunt for the mighty <i>Bismarck</i>, Nazi Germany's last hope to pose a powerful surface threat to Allied convoys.<br /> <br /> "Exciting story-telling . . . recreat[es] the thrill of the hunt." —<i>International Journal of Maritime History</i><br /> <br /> "[An] epic sea chase and its vivid, human details." —<i>World War II</i></p>. Nonfiction. Military. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:20:50. Zetterling, Niklas. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2560-1/905/40E/82/Bismarck9781935149828.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=90540E82-D552-4AE7-BDF3-0B2B4B1AEF0B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2560-1/905/40E/82/Bismarck9781935149828.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=90540E82-D552-4AE7-BDF3-0B2B4B1AEF0B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2560-1/905/40E/82/Bismarck9781935149828.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=90540E82-D552-4AE7-BDF3-0B2B4B1AEF0B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXTLL