Sink the Tirpitz 1942-44. The RAF and Fleet Air Arm duel with
Germany's mighty battleship
Konstam, Angus/Laurier, Jim (Illustr.)
This is the story of an air campaign in which each bomb could
dramatically influence the course of the war.
In January 1942, the powerful German battleship Tirpitz sailed into
her new base in a Norwegian fjord, within easy reach of the Arctic
Convoys. Her destruction suddenly became a top Allied priority. But
sinking a modern and formidably armed battleship was no easy task,
especially when she lay secure in a remote, mountainous fjord,
protected by anti-torpedo nets, radar, flak guns and smoke
generators.
This book charts the full, complex story of the air war against
Tirpitz, from the Fleet Air Arm's failed torpedo attack at sea, the
RAF's early Halifax raids, and the carrier-borne Barracuda
airstrikes of Operations Mascot, Tungsten and Goodwood, to the
three Tallboy attacks that finally crippled and sank her. With
detailed maps and diagrams, it explains the aircraft and ordnance
the British had to work with, the evolving strategic situation, and
why the task was so difficult.
Paperback, 96 Seiten, durchgängig bebildert mit zeitgenössischen
Fotos, Farbillustrationen von Kampfsituationen, Karten und 3D
Operationsdiagrammen, engl. Text
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