03815cam a2200637 a 4500 ocm41504330 OSt 20241016140622.0 991208s1999 enkab b 001 0 eng 99490200 GB99X5168 bnb GB99-67971 GB9967971 bnb 009396050 Uk 0304353140 9780304353149 AU@ 000020148716 AU@ 000020901536 GEBAY 6402235 NZ1 5148569 UKBRU 153301 AU@ 000072449861 UKMGB 009396050 (OCoLC)41504330 (OCoLC)42445918 (OCoLC)44654704 (OCoLC)45990790 (OCoLC)59378529 (OCoLC)1027379523 DLC eng DLC UKM DGU BTCTA YDXCP SINLB GEBAY OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCF OCLCO UWO OCLCA OCL OCLCO UKMGB OCLCL OCLCQ e-gx--- e-uk--- D772.B5 R34 Rhys-Jones, Graham. The loss of the Bismarck : an avoidable disaster / Graham Rhys-Jones. London : Cassell, 1999. 255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (241-243) and index. "The battleship Bismarck, flagship of the German Fleet and one of the world's most formidable warships, was sunk by the British Home Fleet in May 1941 - just seven days out on her first operational voyage. Victory for the British was muted by the loss of the Hood, with 1,400 men, blown up by the lethal accuracy of German gunnery three days earlier. But the loss of the Bismarck was the death sentence for Admiral Reader's radical solution to the problem of British sea power." "In this meticulous new study, drawing on a wide range of sources, Graham Rhys-Jones explores the strategic background to the disaster, and the pursuit itself, to establish what went wrong and who was to blame. He puts a spotlight on the blind choreography of the search and chase at sea, on the stresses of high command, and on the desperate attempts by each side to read the other's mind. In the end, immobilised by the Ark Royal's Swordfish torpedo bombers and surrounded by a dozen British ships, the Bismarck sank, fighting to the last and taking 2,000 men down with her." "Graham Rhys-Jones examines the German response to the sinking of the Bismarck and puts the sunset years of German navalist ambition into proper historical context."--BOOK JACKET. Current Copyright Fee: GBP30.00 0. Uk Bismarck (Battleship) Bismarck (Ship) Bismarck (Battleship) fast (OCoLC)fst00545459 fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb 1939-1945 fast World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, British. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, German. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Op�erations navales allemandes. Military operations, Naval German. fast (OCoLC)fst01710247 Bismarck Schiff gnd Milit�ar gnd Strategie gnd Schiffsversenkung gnd has work: The loss of the Bismarck (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFQdgYtWhPFqPVJd6JJmBd https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/orion051/99490200.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/orion051/99490200.html lcc BK 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 82 OTHER HOLDINGS 1427 1427 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-10-16 0 D772.B5 R34 2024-2299 2024-10-16 14:06:46 c.1 2024-10-16 BK