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 when war broke out in 1939. The war would hasten the battleship's decline, but not before producing dramatic moments at sea around the globe: the hunt for the Bismarck, the sinking of the Scharnhorst, the defeat of the Graf Spee, and the earth-shattering bombardments on D-Day. Peter C. Smith recounts these and other stirring episodes of naval combat with verve and authority.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Stackpole Books
ISBN-10
0811735141
ISBN-13
9780811735148
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66045184
Product Key Features
Book Title
Great Ships : British Battleships in World War II
Author
Peter C. Smith
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year
2008
Genre
History
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
1.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
D771.S63 2008
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2008-003817
Dewey Decimal
940.545941
Series
Stackpole Military History Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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