Hunt the Bismarck : Great Naval Battles Series

by KONSTAM ANGUS

• ISBN13: 9781591143956
• ISBN10: 1591143950
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr

Summary

Introducing a great new series of top quality, yet affordable books on naval battles and campaigns. Heavily illustrated, each volume provides lively accounts of the action and authoritative analyses of their context and the forces involved, including the latest theories and evidence. This first title in the new Great Naval Battles series profiles one of the most dramatic naval episodes of World War II--the pursuit of the battleship Bismarck. After sinking the HMS Hood and heavily damaging the new battleship Prince of Wales, the Bismarck broke out into the waters of the North Atlantic in a desperate run for freedom. Pounded from the air and surrounded by ships of the British fleet, the German ship went down in an encounter that is still studied and debated to this day. Noted curator and author Angus Konstam draws on historical records as well as the recently discovered wreck of the Bismarck to offer a fresh overview of the legendary chase. More than one-hundred illustrations and maps accompany the text. The book serves as an excellent introduction to a series su

Author Biography

Angus Konstam left the Royal Navy in 1983 and spent 13 years working first at the Royal Armouries and then as Chief Curator, Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, Key West, Florida

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(4)
Context	10	(6)
The commanders
The Kriegsmarine	16	(3)
The Royal Navy	19	(3)
The opposing forces
The Kriegsmarine	22	(6)
The Royal Navy	28	(10)
Logistics	38	(4)
The battle arena	42	(2)
The hunt for the Bismarck
The German sortie	44	(12)
The Battle of the Denmark Strait	56	(12)
The pursuit of the Bismarck	68	(7)
The search for the Bismarck	75	(5)
Swordfish strike	80	(4)
Götterdämmerung	84	(4)
Aftermath
A survivor's story	88	(2)
Analysis	90	(2)
Reference
Bibliography	92	(1)
Websites	93	(1)
Museums	94	(2)
Index	96