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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.

©2019 Angus Konstam (P)2019 Tantor Armed Forces Engineering Military Naval Forces War Royal Navy Submarine

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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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The book exposes and underlines the horror of naval warfare during the Second World War.

It's a story like that of the Titanic on steroids

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Very well written and well performed and a really interesting listen. With plenty of historical details.

Excellent

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I knew something about the events this book covers, but didn't know how little that really was. This was a fascinating account told, as far as possible, from both sides in the conflict. I'd not appreciated some of the unavoidable practicalities of naval warfare, like building and maintaining the ships, managing a large crew, needing to refuel at sea, the impact of the weather on operations, and even the difficulty of firing naval guns to hit targets several miles away. The final section on what was later found when the wrecks of the Hood and Bismark were found by remote submersibles was a nice way to finish.

Fascinating

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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.

Loved this

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