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008			200528s2020 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
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100	1		_aRead, Simon, _d1974- _eauthor. _9215990
245	1	4	_aThe iron sea : _bhow the Allies hunted and destroyed Hitler's warships / _cSimon Read.
246	3	0	_aHow the Allies hunted and destroyed Hitler's warships
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2011
264		1	_aNew York : _bHachette Books, _c2020.
264		4	_c©2020
300			_aix, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : _billustrations, maps ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPrologue: The killing seas -- In search of prey -- Cataclysm -- The hunted -- Avenged -- Cerberus -- Chariot -- Dogs of war -- Leath passage -- Arctic fire -- Target: Tirpitz -- X-craft -- "Hell on earth" -- Return to Tirpitz -- Epilogue: The sea is a mass grave.
520			_a"The sea had become a mass grave by 1941 as Hitler's four capital warships--Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Tirpitz, and Bismarck, the largest warship on the ocean--roamed the wind-swept waves, threatening the Allied war effort and sending thousands of men to the icy depths of the North Atlantic. Bristling with guns and steeled in heavy armor, these reapers of the sea could outrun and outgun any battleship in the Allied arsenal. The deadly menace kept Winston Churchill awake at night he deemed them "targets of supreme consequence." The campaign against Hitler's surface fleet would continue into the dying days of World War II and involve everything from massive warships engaged in bloody, fire-drenched battle to daring commando raids in German occupied harbors. This is the fast-paced story of the Allied bomber crews, brave sailors, and bold commandos who "sunk the Bismarck" and won a hard-fought victory over Hitler's iron sea. Using official war diaries, combat reports, eyewitness accounts and personal letters, Simon Read brings the action and adventure to vivid life. The result is an enthralling and gripping story of the Allied heroes who fought on a watery battlefield"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xCampaigns _zAtlantic Ocean. _922618
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xNaval operations. _920885
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xAerial operations. _924457
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