Bismarck And Hood. The Battle Of The Denmark Strait - A Technical Analysis For A New Perspective

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: FONTHILL
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: Reprint

Description: 139 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The legendary Battle of the Denmark Strait, which saw the mighty German battleship Bismarck sink Britains HMS Hood in an epic duel of the titans, has been dogged by controversy to this day. Was the doomed HMS Hood really sunk by a shell that penetrated her wooden decks to explode in one of her magazine compartments Others believe that Bismarcks fortunate shell detonated in Hoods cordite supply - the powder that propelled 82-lbs shells some staggering 17,700 yards - suggesting that damage examined on the wreck indicates a more distinct explosion. Or was the Hoods destructive and violent demise a new, and until now, unexplained act of war The sinking of HMS Hood on Empire Day, 24 May 1941, resulted in the single largest loss of life for the Royal Navy during the Second World 1,415 lives were lost. There were absolutely no traces of any crewmen save three survivors. Bismarck and The Battle of the Denmark Strait - A Technical Analysis is a controversial and electric study of this infamous battle. The author, a rear admiral in the Italian Navy, is a leading expert in gunnery and his book, a work of over two decades of study, further investigates this battle in an attempt to attain a more credible explanation. The events and tactics leading up to the battle are explained within their various contexts and a cinematic and ballistic model of the battle was developed, essential for a statistical analysis of Hoods sinking. Certainly, no one will ever be able to confirm what exactly happened in the Denmark Strait on that fateful day, but this fascinating book disposes of myths and falsehoods to give a more definitive and realistic interpretation of this iconic battle between HMS Hood and Bismarck.

ISBN: 9781781556337