The battle of north cape : The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943
(2023)
By:
Konstam, Angus
Nonfiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2023
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EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (420 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9798350826494 MWT15701283, 15701283
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Chris Bland
On 25 December 1943 the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst slipped out Altenfjord in Norway to attack Arctic convoy JW55B which was carrying vital war supplies to the Soviet Union. But British naval intelligence knew of the Scharnhorst's mission before she sailed and the vulnerable convoy was protected by a large Royal Naval force including the battleship Duke of York. In effect the Scharnhorst was sailing into a trap. One of the most compelling naval dramas of the Second World War had begun
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