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BISHOP**, PATRICK: : TARGET TIRPITZ: X-CRAFT,AGENTS AND DAMBUSTERS - THE EPIC QUEST TO DESTROY HITLER'S MIGHTIEST WARSHIP

LONDON.HARPERPRESS,2011.

ISBN 9780007319237.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] NFINE/FINE.No owner inscptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour+b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.The majority of light creasing to top edges of dw/dj,head of spine/backstrip also minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,generally clean - a partial cup ring to front board,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped white ink letters to spine/backstrip,a black+ silver striped headband and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xxvipp+1-390pp [paginated] includes separate contents, illustrations and b/w maps lists/tables, b/w plans of the TIRPITZ,b/w diagrams of X-Craft,ranks of the Kreigsmarine,a prologue,19 chapters and an epilogue,16pp contemporary,historical b/w+colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp102/3 and pp262/3 respectively, profuse other contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book,notes, acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a dedication. Want more Patrick BISHOP titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my NAVAL/MILITARY catalogue. Tirpitz was the pride of Hitler's navy, the largest and most powerful battleship in Europe.To Churchill she was 'the Beast',a menace to Britain's supply lines and a threat to the convoys sustaining Stalin's armies.To those who sailed in her she seemed impregnable,an 'Iron Castle' that could withstand any bomb or torpedo. Tirpitz rarely fired her monster guns.She did not need to.Her mere presence in the fjords of Norway kept a large part of the British Fleet tied to home waters guarding against a breakout.In the summer of 1942, fear that Tirpitz was at sea led the Admiralty to recall ships escorting a convoy to Russia,leaving it virtually undefended.In an episode that became one of the darkest chapters of the war at sea,24 of 35 merchantmen were sunk. Tirpitz haunted the imagination of the men directing Britain's war.The prospect that she might set up base on the French Atlantic coast led to the raid on St Nazaire,one of the most dramatic actions of the war.Plan after plan was hatched to send her to the bottom.From the first days,she was subjected to air attack but it was soon clear the RAF did not have the bombs to sink her.Nor were the torpedoes of the Fleet Air Arm any more effective. The failures forced attention onto unorthodox weapons.In 1942 'human torpedo' teams launched a high-risk operation that ended in gallant failure.The following year,midget submarines carried out a daring and costly attack that left Tirpitz crippled,but only temporarily. In the end it was Bomber Command,led by one of Britain's most remarkable but least-known war heroes,who finished her off.In the autumn of 1944,Wing Commander Janes 'Willie' Tait,a man of outstanding courage and modesty,led Lancasters from 617 Squadron - the famous 'Dambusters' - and 9 Squadron on a series of raids that stretched endurance,skill and bravery to the limit.It ended with the destruction of the battleship that had come to symbolise the hubris of Hitler's Germany. Full of colour,insight and drama,'Target Tirpitz' is Second World War storytelling at is best. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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