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The Second World War at Sea in Photographs 1939

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#208744
Titel	The Second World War at Sea in Photographs 1939
Auteur	Carradice, Phil
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Amberley Publishing
Jaar van uitgave	2014
ISBN10	1445622351
ISBN13	9781445622354
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	In the first of a series of books, naval expert Phil Carradice takes us through the war at sea in 1939, using previously unpublished and rare images of the battles, the ships and the people involved. The Second World War at sea began badly for the Allies. On the day that war was declared, the unarmed passenger liner Athenia was sunk off Rockall, creating an uproar on both sides of the Atlantic. The same month saw the loss of HMS Courageous, a badly needed aircraft carrier, as well as the daring raid by Gunther Prien's U-49 on HMS Royal Oak while she was berthed in the supposedly safe anchorage of Scapa Flow during October. In the meantime, German commerce raiders were creating havoc in the South Atlantic. It was only in December that the battlecruiser Graf Spee was finally cornered and s... (Lees verder)cuttled off Montevideo, giving the hard-pressed Allies some good news to end the year.
Pagina's	128
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 8,00

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