Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse: The End of the Battleship Era
Year: 2004 Language: english Author: Martin Middlebrook & Patrick Mahoney Genre: History Publisher: Pen & Sword Maritime ISBN: 978 1 84415 075 5 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 314 Description: On the third day of the war with Japan, two Royal Navy capital ships were sunk off Malaya by air torpedo attack. They had not requested the air support that could have saved them and 840 men died in the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser HMS Repulse. The authors re-create for the reader not only what happened, but also what it was like for the men involved. They dispose of several myths to explain the events of those confused hours, and address the uncertainty, controversy and strong emotions that surrounded the militarily disastrous sinkings.
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Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse: The End of the Battleship Era
Language: english
Author: Martin Middlebrook & Patrick Mahoney
Genre: History
Publisher: Pen & Sword Maritime
ISBN: 978 1 84415 075 5
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 314
Description: On the third day of the war with Japan, two Royal Navy capital ships were sunk off Malaya by air torpedo attack. They had not requested the air support that could have saved them and 840 men died in the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser HMS Repulse. The authors re-create for the reader not only what happened, but also what it was like for the men involved. They dispose of several myths to explain the events of those confused hours, and address the uncertainty, controversy and strong emotions that surrounded the militarily disastrous sinkings.
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