Description
| Product ID: | 9781841766331 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | New Vanguard |
| Title: | British Battlecruisers 1939-45 |
| Authors: | Author: Angus Konstam, Tony Bryan |
| Page Count: | 48 |
| Subjects: | General and world history, General & world history, European history, Military history, Second World War, Naval forces and warfare, Battles and campaigns, European history, Military history, Second World War, Naval forces & warfare, Battles & campaigns, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Although an inherently unsuccessful design, the battlecruisers were amongst the most famous vessels of the Royal Navy during World War II. This work traces the pre-war development of these warships, then describes their wartime exploits, using this to show their operational performance. When war broke out in 1939, only three true battlecruisers remained in the Royal Navy including HMS ''Hood'', the world''s largest and fastest capital ship for much of her life, which would be destroyed in action against the German battleship ''Bismarck''. Out of the remaining two battlecruisers (''Repulse'' and ''Renown'') one was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Singapore, whilst the other served with distinction until the end of the war. This book traces the pre-war development of these spectacular warships, then describes their wartime exploits, using this to demonstrate their operational and mechanical performance. It examines what life was like on these wartime battlecruisers when they sailed into action. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-10-22 |
