Nightmare at Scapa Flow : The Truth About the Sinking of HMS "Royal OakÓ
by Weaver, H. J
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2008. 1st edition. As New. small octavo. stiff wrappers xv + 169pp., b/w plates, maps, appends., sources, index, Sinking the battleship HMS Royal Oak in the Royal NavyÕs home anchorage, with the loss of more than 800 of her crew, was GermanyÕs first shattering blow against Britain in the 1939-45 war. Within six weeks the long-standing German dream of breaching the defences of Scapa Flow had been achieved.
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Originally published: Peppard Common, Oxfordshire : Cressrelles Pub., 1980.
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- Title
- Nightmare at Scapa Flow : The Truth About the Sinking of HMS "Royal OakÓ
- Author
- Weaver, H. J
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Birlinn
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- small octavo
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- WW2 Naval;
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