Loss of the "Bismarck" (Sea Battles in Close Up) by B.B. Schofield - 1972-03-20

Allan, 1972. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardback. Acceptable.

E-270: Allan. Very Good. 1972. Hardcover. Hardcover. 12mo. Published by Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 1972. 96 pages. Illustrated with maps and reproduced photographs. First Edition/First printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The sinking of the Bismarck in fact ended German fleet operations in the Atlantic. In short what happened was that British Cruisers using radar were able to track the Bismarck and Prince Eugen as they sailed in the Denmark Straight. The Germans had not realised the efficiency of British radar and had overestimated the ability of surface ships to use bad weather to escape detection. As a result of this detection the British were able to direct two heavy ships the Prince of Wales and Hood to intercept the German ships. The… Read More

Ian Allan Ltd, Shepperton, 1972. Sea Battles in Close Up series,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0711002657 1st edition, hardback, small 8vo, 96pp, illustrated, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Good dustwrapper; wrapper has 3 closed tears on edges, not price-clipped), ISBN: 0711002657 .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Allan, 1972-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!