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The sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse : the end of the battleship era

By Patrick , Millnrook , Martin; Mahoney

Book information

Publisher
Pen & Sword Maritime
Year
2014
ISBN
9781473839236, 1473839238, 1844150755, 978-1-84415-075-5
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
2 MB (2018508 bytes)
Pages
366\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- South China Sea.;Great B1939-1945 -- Naval operations1939-1945.;Prince of Wales (Battleship);Repulse (SBritish.;World WarWorld War

Description

On the third day of the war with Japan, two Royal Navy capital ships were sunk off Malaya by air torpedo attack. They had not requested the air support that could have saved them and 840 men died in the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser HMS Repulse. The authors re-create for the reader not only what happened, but also what it was like for the men involved. They dispose of several myths to explain the events of those confused hours, and address the uncertainty, controversy and strong emotions that surrounded the militarily disastrous sinkings

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