Capital Ships at War, 1939–1945

Download or read book Capital Ships at War, 1939–1945 written by John Grehan and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dispatches in this volume include those relating to the sinking of the German battleship Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate in 1939, the loss of the battleships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse in the Far East, the sinking of the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst in 1943, the attack on Tirpitz by midget submarines, the contribution by British Pacific Fleet to the assault on Okinawa in 1945 (which included four Royal Navy battleships), and the sinking of Bismarck in 1941.This unique collection of original documents will prove to be an invaluable resource for historians, students and all those interested in what was one of the most significant periods in British military history.