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The destruction of the Bismarck
By Bercuson, David Jay & Herwig, Holger H.
- ISBN
- 978-1-58567-192-2
- Publisher
- Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2001.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2001
The lack of a long naval tradition, Hitler's weak naval strategic outlook, Swedish espionage, FDR's close cooperation with Churchill even before Lend-Lease, and the official entry of America into World War II all combined to make the first cruise of the German battleship Bismarck a disaster. This hour-by-hour narrative by historians Bercuson (The Oxford Dictionary of Canadian Military History) and Herwig (coauthor, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
