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Online-Ressource (360 p)
ISBN:
9781935149187
Content:
The story of the battleship Tirpitz-Bismarck's sister ship-and the desperate Allied efforts to destroy it . After the Royal Navy's bloody high seas campaign to kill the mighty Bismarck, the Allies were left with an uncomfortable truth-the German behemoth had a twin sister. Slightly larger than her sibling, the Tirpitz was equally capable of destroying any other battleship afloat, as well as wreak havoc on Allied troop and supply convoys. For the next three and a half years the Allies launched a variety of attacks to remove Germany's last serious surface threat. The Germans, for their part, had learned not to pit their super battleships against the strength of the entire Home Fleet outside the range of protecting aircraft. Thus they kept Tirpitz hidden within fjords along the Norwegian coast, like a Damocles Sword hanging over the Allies' maritime jugular, forcing the British to assume the offensive. This strategy paid dividends in July 1942 when the Tirpitz merely stirred from its berth, compelling the Royal Navy to abandon a Murmansk-bound convoy called PQ-17 in order to confront the leviathan. The convoy was then ripped apart by the Luftwaffe and U-boats, while the Tirpitz returned to its fjord. In 1943, the British launched a flotilla of midget submarines against the Tirpitz, losing all six of the subs while only lightly damaging the battleship. Aircraft attacked repeatedly, from carriers and both British and Soviet bases, suffering losses, while proving unable to completely knock out the mighty warship.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- Nordmeer -- "A Wonderful Opportunity" -- The War at Sea-The Initial Years -- New Weapons, Indirect Strategies -- Operation Chariot -- The Arctic Convoys -- PQ15 and PQ16 -- Prelude to Operation Rösselsprung -- PQ17-The Tragedy -- "Convoy is to Scatter!" -- Operation Title-The Human Torpedos -- Wunderland -- PQ18-The Battling Convoy -- Shetlands-Larsen and the Fishing Boat -- "Have you any use for peats?" -- The Shifting Balance -- The Midget Submarines -- Sizilien-The One Offensive -- Operation Source Begins -- Ostfront -- Tungsten -- The Russian Adventure -- Operation Obviate -- Catechism -- The Tirpitz Sinks -- The Tirpitz and the War in the Arctic -- Notes -- Archival Records -- Published Sources.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Prologue""; ""Nordmeer""; ""“A Wonderful Opportunity�""; ""The War at Sea�The Initial Years""; ""New Weapons, Indirect Strategies""; ""Operation Chariot""; ""The Arctic Convoys""; ""PQ15 and PQ16""; ""Prelude to Operation Rösselsprung""; ""PQ17�The Tragedy""; ""“Convoy is to Scatter!�""; ""Operation Title�The Human Torpedos""; ""Wunderland""; ""PQ18�The Battling Convoy""; ""Shetlands-Larsen and the Fishing Boat""; ""“Have you any use for peats?�""; ""The Shifting Balance""; ""The Midget Submarines""; ""Sizilien�The One Offensive""
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""Operation Source Begins""""Ostfront""; ""Tungsten""; ""The Russian Adventure""; ""Operation Obviate""; ""Catechism""; ""The Tirpitz Sinks""; ""The Tirpitz and the War in the Arctic""; ""Notes""; ""Archival Records""; ""Published Sources""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781612000497
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781935149187
Additional Edition:
Print version Tirpitz : The Life and Death of Germany's Last Super Battleship
Language:
English
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