Remagen Bridge (Secret Operations) - Softcover

Kemp, Ian

 
9780711030947: Remagen Bridge (Secret Operations)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0711030944 ISBN 13: 9780711030947
Verlag: Ian Allan Publishing, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

This volume provides a detailed analysis of the raid and its consequences, uncovering the truth behind this most famous clandestine attack of the twentieth century. During World War 2 the German battleship Tirpitz, apparently safe in its Norwegian anchorages, was a significant threat to Allied shipping. If the Artic convoys were not to be seriously disrupted, the Tirpitz had to be destroyed. In September 1943 the Royal Navy launched an audacious raid against the battleship using six midget submarines. Despite heavy casualties in the flotilla, two submarines managed to lay mines against the warship's hull, disabling it for six months. For the raid, two VCs were awarded, as well as several other awards. The Tirpitz was finally finished off later in 1944 by air attacks.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ian Kemp is a freelance journalist who has written on historical and modern defence issues for publications around the world. He has a BA in History from McGill University, Montreal, and an MA in War Studies from King's College, London. He has completed more than 30 years of active and reserve military service with the armies of Britain and Canada.

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Verlag
Ian Allan Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0711030944
ISBN 13 
9780711030947
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
96
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