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the battle of north cape the death ride of the scharnhorst 1943
on 25 december 1943 the german battlecruiser scharnhorst slipped out altenfjord in norway to attack artic convoy jw55b which was carrying vital war supplies to the soviet union . but british naval intelligence knew of the scharnhorsts mission before she sailed and the vulnerable convoy was protected by a large royal naval force including the battleship duke of york . in effect the scharnhorst was sailing into a trap . returncharacterreturncharacterone of the most compelling naval dramas of the second world war had begun . angus konstams gripping account tells the story of this crucial and under studied naval battle and explains why the hopes of the german kriegsmarine went down with their last great ship . returncharacterreturncharacter returncharacterreturncharacter reviews returncharacterreturncharacter ... a fast read with surprising twists and turns ... illuminates this forgotten and overlooked battle like an unexpected enemy starshell bursting out of the arctic night . ipms 09 2009
hardcover pen and sword 2009 isbn13 9781844158560 isbn10 184415856x
abridged n isbn 13 9781844158560 number in series 1 number of pages 166 publisher casemate pub & book dist llc release date 62135769600000 series title campaign chronicles