The Battle of North Cape : The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943
(2019)
By:
Konstam, Angus
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Pen & Sword Military, 2019
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (176 pages)
ISBN/ISSN
9781844688029 MWT12324226, 184468802X 12324226
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
On December 25, 1943, the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst slipped out of Altenfjord in Norway to attack Arctic convoy JW55B which was carrying vital war supplies to the Soviet Union. But British naval intelligence knew of the Scharnhorst's mission before she sailed, and the vulnerable convoy was protected by a large Royal Naval force including the battleship Duke of York. In effect the Scharnhorst was sailing into a trap. One of the most compelling naval dramas of the Second World War had begun
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