Description
Product ID: | 9780750992084 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Scapa Flow |
Subtitle: | The Reminiscences of Men and Women Who Served in Scapa Flow in the Two World Wars |
Authors: | Author: Malcolm Brown, Patricia Meehan |
Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Military history, Naval forces and warfare, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Military history, Naval forces & warfare, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) , c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The story of Britain’s greatest naval anchorage in two World Wars Scapa Flow in the Orkneys would be the forbidding destination for many thousands of service personnel and civilians in both World Wars and the location of dramatic incidents such as the loss of the Hampshire with Kitchener on board in 1916, the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet in 1919 and the sinking of the Royal Oak at anchor by U-boat U-47 at the beginning of the Second World War. It was a vital start-point for both naval wars and these memories capture all the suffering, loss and glory experienced by those who were there. |
Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-07-22 |