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  • Authoritative study of the battleship in World War II
  • Stirring episodes of naval combat
  • Covers the famous chase after the Bismarck, the sinking of the Scharnhorst, the coastal bombardments on D-Day, and other actions
    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 at the outbreak of the war. Indeed, one of the Allies' first successes came in December 1939 when British ships hunted down and successfully engaged the German Graf Spee off the coast of South America. The war would hasten the battleship's decline, but not before producing dramatic moments at sea.

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    • Title Great Ships
    • Author Peter C. Smith
    • Binding Paperback
    • Edition Book Club Editio
    • Pages 448
    • Volumes 1
    • Language ENG
    • Publisher Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A.
    • Publication date 2008-09
    • Illustrated Yes
    • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
    • ISBN 9780811735148 / 0811735141
    • Weight 1.76 lbs (0.80 kg)
    • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.4 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 3.56 cm)
    • Themes
      • Chronological Period: 1930's
      • Chronological Period: 1940's
      • Cultural Region: British
    • Category History - Military / War
    • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations,, Battleships - Great Britain - History - 20th
    • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008003817
    • Dewey Decimal Code 940.545

    About the author

    Peter C. Smith is a well-known authority on the history of dive-bombing and is the author of over sixty naval history books that are published on four continents. He currently lives with his wife and two Labradors in Bedfordshire, England.
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