Title:
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BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE
A GRAND DELUSION |
By: |
Richard Woodman |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£19.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1844156893 |
ISBN 13: |
9781844156894 |
Publisher: |
PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD |
Pub. date: |
20 March, 2008 |
Pages: |
224 |
Description: |
A study of one of the major naval battles of the WW2. It contains a graphic reconstruction of the day-long battle and the pursuit, using eyewitness accounts. It offers a controversial reassessment of British and German naval planning together with penetrating portraits of the two commanders, Langsdorff and Harwood. |
Synopsis: |
The Battle of the River Plate was the first major naval confrontation of the Second World War, and it is one of the most famous. The dramatic sea fight between German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the British cruisers Exeter, Ajax and Achilles off the coast of South America caught the imagination in December 1939. Over the last 60 years the episode has come to be seen as one of the classics of naval warfare. Yet the accepted interpretation of events has perhaps been taken for granted and is ripe for reassessment, and that is one of the aims of Richard Woodman's enthralling new study. |
Illustrations: |
40 illustrations |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Pen & Sword Maritime |
Returns: |
Returnable |