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HMS Rodney: Slayer of the Bismarck and D-Day Saviour
Ian Ballantyne
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Description for HMS Rodney: Slayer of the Bismarck and D-Day Saviour
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, text and plates. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 170 x 26. Weight in Grams: 602.
The Royal Navy battleship HMS Rodney was one of the most famous warships of the Second World War and remains a legend in the pantheon of naval history. In May 1941 Rodney turned Bismarck, the pride of Hitler's navy, into twisted metal, then participated in hard-fought Malta convoys and later supported the D-Day landings. Rodney's vital role, via formidable naval gunfire support, in breaking the morale of German troops during the battle for Normandy, is outlined here. Through the eyewitness accounts of her sailors and marines we discover what it was like to live and fight in a battleship at ... Read more
The Royal Navy battleship HMS Rodney was one of the most famous warships of the Second World War and remains a legend in the pantheon of naval history. In May 1941 Rodney turned Bismarck, the pride of Hitler's navy, into twisted metal, then participated in hard-fought Malta convoys and later supported the D-Day landings. Rodney's vital role, via formidable naval gunfire support, in breaking the morale of German troops during the battle for Normandy, is outlined here. Through the eyewitness accounts of her sailors and marines we discover what it was like to live and fight in a battleship at ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
582g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848848702
SKU
V9781848848702
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-17
About Ian Ballantyne
Iain Ballantyne has written extensively about navies past and present. He has visited warships and commando units to report on their operational activities in the Middle East, Mediterranean, Adriatic, Asia-Pacific and the Arctic, including covering the fall of the Soviet Union - plus its impact in Russia, Latvia and the Czech Republic - along with the 1990/91 Gulf War. ... Read more
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