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Hunt the Bismarck

The Pursuit of Germany’s Most Famous Battleship

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Hunt the Bismarck

By: Angus Konstam
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
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Hunt the Bismarck tells the story of Operation Rheinübung, the Atlantic sortie of the Nazi Germany's largest battleship in May 1941.

Bismarck entered service in the summer of 1940. She was well-armed, with eight 15-inch guns as well as a powerful array of lighter weapons, while her armored protection earned her the reputation of being unsinkable. This claim was finally put to the test in May 1941, when she sortied into the Atlantic and fought the legendary battle of the Denmark Strait, destroying HMS Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy. Bismarck was now loose in the North Atlantic. However, damage sustained in the battle limited her ability to roam at will, while the Royal Navy deployed the Home Fleet to revenge the Hood. The stage was set for the greatest chase story in the history of naval warfare.

Drawing on a wealth of first-hand accounts, and intertwining extensive research into a fast-paced narrative, this is the most accurate account of Bismarck's epic voyage ever produced.

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Very well written and dictated narrative. Lots of detail but not overly technical meaning it’s not boring! Really enjoyed this story which really covered the full Hood/Bismark battle.

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This is slightly underwritten, as there is little in the way of character sketches of the main protagonists. Were the naval officers involved conformists or Mavericks, aggressive or defensive, etc.? As this story is a cat-and-mouse story, knowing more of people’s characters, which informed their decisions would have been helpful.
I’m docking one star for performance, because the narrator mispronounces the name of the Fairey Fulmar aircraft (named after the bird) about five times, preferring ‘Fulmer’, which is the name of a village in South Buckinghamshire!

Blow-by-blow account

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A well written book by Angus that is pleasingly narrated by Nigel. A good listen for anyone wanting to hear the story of the Bismarck.

A pleasing hunt

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I would highly recommend this book. Reads like a thriller and it is exciting but harrowing at the same time. The loss of life, on both sides, is one of the most shocking parts of this famous battle and pursuit.

A riveting account.

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Extremely interesting and very well written by Angus Konstam. This book gives you a thrilling sense of actually being there, watching as the proudest and mightiest battleships of Britain and Germany's navies clashed in thunderous heavyweight battles across the Atlantic. Expertly narrated by Nigel Patterson it is a book I fully recommend to anyone interested in WW2.

Grand & Inspiring.

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