Although naval development before World War II focused on aircraft carriers, the British nevertheless had seventy battleships--larger and more powerful than ever before--under construction when war broke out in 1939. The war would hasten the battleship's decline, but not before producing dramatic moments at sea around the globe: the hunt for the Bismarck, the sinking of the Scharnhorst, the defeat of the Graf Spee, and the earth-shattering bombardments on D-Day. Peter C. Smith recounts these and other stirring episodes of naval combat with verve and authority.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Stackpole Books
ISBN-10
0811735141
ISBN-13
9780811735148
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66045184
Product Key Features
Book Title
Great Ships : British Battleships in World War II
Author
Peter C. Smith
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Europe / Great Britain / General