The Destruction of the Bismarck

by Bercuson, David

• ISBN13: 9781585673971
• ISBN10: 1585673978
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-31
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

This gripping account of the British Royal Navy's fierce battle with the German flagship "Bismarck" is considered to be "the bible" of the Discovery Channel( documentary, "James Cameron's Expedition: Bismarck."

Author Biography

David J. Bercuson has written or edited more than thirty books, including The Oxford Dictionary of Canadian Military History.

Holger H. Herwig is the General Series Editor of Naval Policy and War and The Politics of War: International Studies in Military History. Bercuson and Herwig's book Deadly Seas: The Duel Between the St. Croix and the U305 in the Battle of the Atlantic was a bestseller in Canada and a Maclean's "Editor's Choice."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Maps	ix
Prologue	1	(12)
Battleship Bismarck: The Pride of Hitler's Navy	13	(34)
Rhine Exercise: The March to the Denmark Strait	47	(34)
The King's Ships, but Tovey's Men	81	(44)
Deadly Encounter	125	(30)
Hot Pursuit	155	(26)
Roosevelt's Dilemma	181	(42)
Search and Destroy	223	(40)
The Kill	263	(38)
Epilogue	301	(14)
Notes	315	(22)
Glossary	337	(12)
Table of Equivalent Naval Ranks	349	(2)
A Notes on Sources	351	(8)
Index	359