Run The Gauntlet: The Channel Dash 1942 (Osprey Raid 28)

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Автор: Ken Ford

Название: Run The Gauntlet: The Channel Dash 1942

Издательство: Osprey Publishing

Серия: Osprey Osprey Raid 28

ISBN: 1849085706

Год: 2012

Формат: PDF

Страниц: 82

Размер: 4МБ

Язык: English

Спасибо: kapitankarl

In February 1942, three of the major ships of the German surface fleet – the battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen – stormed out of the harbour at Brest on a dramatic voyage back to Germany. Passing through the straights of Dover, the ships faced everything the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy could throw at them. In a dramatic running fight, the ships managed to sail right under the nose of history’s greatest maritime nation to reach the safety of Germany. The brilliantly executed operation brought great humiliation to the British – Hitler, who had developed the plan, had judged perfectly the reaction of the British command to the Channel Dash. This book tells the complete story of this great race, from the planning through to the repercussions of this unique Germany victory