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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. xiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm ; ISBN 9780870210969, 0870210963 ; OCLC 6423831 ; LCCN 80081093 ; LOC No D772.B5 M83 ; Dewey 940.54/29 ; Richard Alexander Conrad Bernhard Burkard von Müllenheim-Rechberg was a German diplomat and author. After his career as a naval officer in the Kriegsmarine, he entered the diplomatic career of the Federal Republic of Germany. He was the highest-ranking survivor of the battleship Bismarck. ; Contents: The Bismarck and her captain -- The Bismarck joins the Kriegsmarine -- Sea trials and battle practice -- Plans for commerce-raiding -- Operation orders for exercise Rhine -- Another postponement and last liberty -- Hitler comes aboard -- Departure from Gotenhafen -- A British naval attache? in Stockholm -- Grimstadfjord and the journey north -- Alarm in Scapa Flow -- Lu?tjens's operational decisions -- First contact with the enemy -- The Hood blows up -- Lu?tjens's alternatives Parting with the Prinz Eugen -- Direct course for St. Nazaire -- Attack by Swordfish torpedo planes -- The admiralty steps up the pursuit -- Contact shaken off -- The British compute the Bismarck's position -- A fateful Sunday -- The Bismarck's dummy stack -- Catalinas from Northern Ireland -- The Bismarck is rediscovered -- Tovey's hopes are pinned on the Ark Royal -- The mortal hit -- Destroyers ordered to Tovey's support -- The last night aboard the Bismarck -- Attempts to save the fleet war diary -- A last visit to the bridge -- Tovey sts the time of the final action -- The last battle -- The Bismarck sinks -- Survival Exercise Rhine in retrospect ; blue cloth with silver lettering in chipped color pictorial dustjacket ; VG/G. Book.