The Sinking of the Bismarck - William L. Shirer (epub)

The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

by William L. Shirer.


# Publisher: Rosetta Books (2014)
# ISBN: 9780795342462


The Bismark was the greatest warship ever built, with guns so powerful and

accurate it could destroy an enemy ship while safely staying outside the line of

fire. But the Allies had to sink it -- or risk losing the war. William Shirer,

famed World War II correspondent and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third

Reich, captures every suspenseful moment of the perilous mission. Most tragic of

all was the loss of the HMS Hood, the British Navy’s star battleship, sunk by

the Bismark in just minutes. However, a mixture of luck and new technology --

including radar -- turned the tide in the Allies’ favor