TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rhys-Jones,Graham
TI  - The loss of the Bismarck: an avoidable disaster 
SN  - 0304353140
AV  - D772.B5 R34
PY  - 1999///
CY  - London
PB  - Cassell
KW  - Bismarck (Battleship)
KW  - Bismarck (Ship)
KW  - fast
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Naval operations, British
KW  - Naval operations, German
KW  - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945
KW  - Op�erations navales allemandes
KW  - Military operations, Naval
KW  - German
KW  - Bismarck
KW  - Schiff
KW  - gnd
KW  - Milit�ar
KW  - Strategie
KW  - Schiffsversenkung
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (241-243) and index
N2  - "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
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