Description
| Product ID: | 9781472808905 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IN |
| Series: | Raid |
| Title: | U-47 in Scapa Flow |
| Subtitle: | The Sinking of HMS Royal Oak 1939 |
| Authors: | Author: Angus Konstam, Peter Dennis, Alan Gilliland |
| Page Count: | 80 |
| Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Maritime history, Military history, Second World War, Warfare and defence, Naval forces and warfare, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Maritime history, Military history, Second World War, Warfare & defence, Naval forces & warfare, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Drawing on the underwater archaeological research, this study explains how Prien and his crew navigated the North Sea and Kirk Sound to land a devastating blow to the British. It reveals the level of disrepair that Scapa Flow had fallen into, and delves into the conspiracy theories surrounding the event. Even with Germany in the ascendency at the beginning of World War II, Scapa Flow was supposed to be the safe home base of the British Navy. Nothing and nobody could penetrate the defences of this bastion, which was built up to formidable levels in World War I and symbolized the faith placed by the British in the invulnerability of their navy. So how, in the dead of night on October 13, was Gunther Prien''s U-47 able to slip through the line of protective warships undetected to sink the mighty Royal Oak? This book provides the answer with an account of one of the most daring naval raids of World War II indeed - in all of history. Drawing on the very latest underwater archaeological research, this study explains how Prien and his crew navigated the North Sea, Kirk Sound and some very unlikely odds to land a devastating blow on the British, and became among the very first German heroes of World War II. It reveals the level of disrepair that Scapa Flow had fallen into, and delves into the intriguing conspiracy theories surrounding the event, including an alleged cover-up by the then First Sea Lord, Winston Churchill. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-10-20 |
