Pursuit
Author | : Ludovic Kennedy |
Publisher | : Bantam Books |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780553237955 |
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Author | : Ludovic Kennedy |
Publisher | : Bantam Books |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780553237955 |
Author | : Robert J. Winklareth |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Academic |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9781861762054 |
The sinking of HMS Hood, pride of the Royal Navy, by the German battleship Bismarck off Iceland on 24 May 1941 is one of the most famous naval battles of WW2, and one of the most controversial. Previous accounts have criticised the actions of the British commander Admiral Holland, but this book explains the battle of the Denmark Strait in the light of extensive computer modelling of the action based on analysis of time and range data, correcting several discrepancies in earlier accounts.
Author | : James Crossley |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2010-11-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1848842503 |
When the German Battleship Bismarck was commissioned in 1940 she was one of the fastest and most powerful ships afloat. To the Royal Navy and the security of Allied shipping in the Atlantic she posed an enormous threat she must be destroyed. When she broke out into the Atlantic in 1941, some of Britains most powerful ships were sent to pursue and sink her. The first encounter proved disastrous for the British Battleship HMS Hood, which was sunk at 0800 on 24 May. Bismarck had sustained several hits from HMS Prince of Wales but the Royal Navy were unsure of the extent of the damage and whether she would attempt to return to Germany for major repairs or sail for France to lick her wounds. Previous written accounts suggest that the whereabouts and course of Bismarck were unknown to the Allies until discovered by an RAF Catalina at 1030 on 26 May. This was followed an hour later by the arrival of a Fairey Swordfish flying off HMS Ark Royal. This aircraft hit the Bismarck with her torpedo and severely damaged her steering gear. It was now only a matter of time before the full firepower of the British capital ships would close in and destroy Germanys greatest ship. This new book revises previous theory of the events, in which earlier publications have failed to reveal the full extent of the capabilities of both British and German Radar or the significance of British ULTRA signal intercepts.
Author | : Robert J. Winklareth |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Academic |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
The sinking of the British battlecruiser HMS Hood by the Bismarck is re-examined using modern computer modeling techniques.
Author | : William L. Shirer |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781402731839 |
Chronicles the British Navy's two-thousand-mile chase to sink the German battleship "Bismarck" in May 1941 after it sunk the British battleship "Hood."
Author | : Ludovic Kennedy |
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Release | : 1974 |
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Author | : Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
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Author | : Angus Konstam |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2019-09-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472833856 |
A ground-breaking narrative account of one of World War II's most exciting chase stories, the pursuit of the legendary German battleship Bismarck. Hunt the Bismarck tells the story of Operation Rheinübung, the Atlantic sortie of Nazi Germany's largest battleship, Bismarck, in May 1941 and her subsequent pursuit by the Royal Navy. Bismarck entered naval service in the summer of 1940. She was well-armed, with eight 15in guns as well as a powerful array of lighter weapons, while her armoured protection earned her the reputation of being unsinkable. This claim was put to the test in May 1941 when she sortied into the Atlantic and fought the legendary battle of the Denmark Strait, destroying HMS Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy. Bismarck was now loose in the North Atlantic. However, damage sustained in the battle limited her ability to roam at will, and the Royal Navy deployed the Home Fleet to avenge the sinking of the Hood. The stage was set for the greatest chase story in the history of naval warfare. Drawing on a wealth of first-hand accounts and intertwining extensive research into a fast-paced narrative, this is the most readable and accurate account of Bismarck's epic pursuit ever produced.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Plymouth University Press |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9781841023274 |
Author | : Michael Tamelander |
Publisher | : Casemate |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2009-05-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1935149822 |
The author of Blitzkrieg covers one of the most dramatic events of the Second World War in an “outstanding book about naval warfare” (World War II History). When the German battleship Bismarck—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 Hood and the new battleship Prince of Wales were ordered to find her quickly, as several large convoys were heading for Britain. On May 24, Bismarck was found off the coast of Greenland, but the ensuing battle was disastrous for the British. The Hood was totally destroyed within minutes, with only three crewmen surviving, and Prince of Wales 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 Ark Royal. 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. 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 Bismarck, Nazi Germany’s last hope to pose a powerful surface threat to Allied convoys. “Exciting story-telling . . . recreat[es] the thrill of the hunt.” —International Journal of Maritime History “[An] epic sea chase and its vivid, human details.” —World War II