Run the Gauntlet: The Channel Dash 1942
In February 1942, three of the major ships of the German surface fleet - the battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen - stormed out of the harbour at Brest on a dramatic voyage back to Germany. Passing through the straights of Dover, the ships faced everything the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy could throw at them. In a dramatic running fight, the ships managed to sail right under the nose of history's greatest maritime nation to reach the safety of Germany. The brilliantly executed operation brought great humiliation to the British - Hitler, who had developed the plan, had judged perfectly the reaction…
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Weitere Autoren: Gerrard, Howard (Illustr.) / Gilliland, Alan (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-84908-570-0
- EAN: 9781849085700
- Produktnummer: 17125821
- Verlag: Osprey Pub Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 80 S.
- Masse: H25.5 cm x B18.7 cm x D1.0 cm 259 g
- Gewicht: 259
Über den Autor
Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained as an engineer and spent almost 30 years in the telecommunications industry before a change in career led him to become a full time military historian. He is the author of over 20 books on various aspects of World War II. Ken now lives in Southampton.
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