- An authoritative and detailed account of HMS Hood that offers a detailed analysis of the famous British battlecruiser
- Sheds new light on the battle through a reanalysis of photographic images and documentary evidence to detail the events
- Beautifully illustrated with many rare and unpublished photographs
- A must-have for military and historians, enthusiasts, modellers and those interested in the complexities of naval warfare during the Second World War
Dawn, 24 May 1941. Two groups of ships, one from Britain and another from Germany, meet in the Denmark Strait. Here, two giants of maritime history, HMS
Hood and
Bismarck, clashed.
Within minutes of the battle beginning, HMS
Hood blew up with a catastrophic loss of life. Out of a crew of 1,418, only three survived. Coupled with this, the Royal Navy’s newest battleship was outfought.
While this was a cause of celebration for the Kriegsmarine,
Bismarck had been damaged curtailing her Atlantic raiding sortie. Despite the wealth of documentary information and photographic evidence available on the battle, there continues to be controversy as to how the conflict was fought.
The Battle of the Denmark Strait: An Analysis of the Battle and Loss of HMS Hood analyses the events of the battle to shed new light and provide clarifications on how it was fought, the damage that different ships sustained and how it was that the pride of the Royal Navy was destroyed in such a disastrous manner.
| BOOK ISBN |
9781781557860 |
| FORMAT |
234 x 156 mm |
| BINDING |
Hardback |
| PAGES |
178 pages |
| PUBLICATION DATE |
10 September 2020
|
| TERRITORY |
World |
| ILLUSTRATIONS |
32 black and white photographs |
