Bismarck : The Final days of germay’s Greatest Battleship - Niklas Zetterling , Micheal Tamelander [Charles Constant, 2013]

Bismarck : The Final days of germay's Greatest Battleship

Year: 2013
Author: Niklas Zetterling , Micheal Tamelander
Performer: Charles Constant
Publisher: Audible studios
Type: audiobook
Audio codec: MP3
Audio bitrate: 63
Description: A gripping tale of heroism - and doom - on the high seas...
The sinking of the German Battleship Bismarck - a masterpice of engineering, well armored with a main atillery of eight 15 inch guns - was one of the most dramitic events of world war 2.
She left the port of gotenhafen for thet first operation on the night of 18 may 1941 , yet was almost immedialty discoverd by Norwegian resistance an Allied air reconnaissance.
Britsh Battlecruiser Hood was quickly dispatched from scapa flow to intercept the Bismark , tohether with new Nattleship Prince of Wales.
They were orderd to find the ship qquickly because on theire way from the USA , several large convoys where hading for Britain.
On 24 May , Bismarck was found off the coast of Greenland , but the ensuing battle was disastrous for the british.
The Hood was totaly destroyed whitin mintutes ( with only three crewman surviving) , and Prince of Wales was badly damaged .
The cases resumed intil the German nemoth was finally caoght , this time by four Britsh capital ships supported by torpedo bommers from the carrier Ark Royal.
Tje icy North Altnatic rolled from the crash of shellfire and bursting explosions until finally the Bismarck collapsed , sending nearly 2,000 German sailors toa watery grave,
Tamelander and Ztteling's work rest on stories from survivors and the lastest historical discoveries.
the book starts with a thorough account of Maritime development from 1871 up to the era of the giant Nattleship, and ends qith vivid account , hour by hour , of the dramatic and fateful hunt fot the mighty Bismarck , Nazi Germay's last hope to pose a powerfil surface threat to Allied convoys.