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This book uses the latest historical and marine archeological research to present a novel, comparative exploration of an ever-popular subject: the epic clashes of British and German surface battleships during World War II. At the outbreak of World War II, the four key Capital German ships comprised the Bismarck, Tirpitz , Scharnhorst, and Gneisenau . Their primary threats where the Royal Navy's King George V-class battleships, the most modern British battleships in commission during World War II and some of the Navy's most powerful vessels. Five ships of this class were built: HMS King George V, Prince of Wales , Duke of York, Howe (late 1942) and Anson (late 1942). The powerful vessels in this class would clash with the pride of the Kriegsmarine in two major engagements: first, during the Battle of the Denmark Strait and subsequent pursuit of the Bismarck between 24 and 27 May 1941, and again at the Battle of the North Cape on 26 December 1943. Alongside the King George V class, the Royal Navy's two--ship Nelson--class ( Nelson and Rodney ), comprised Britain's only other battleships built in the interwar years. Both ships served extensively in the Atlantic, Medite

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Author

Angus Konstam, Ian Palmer

Publisher

Osprey Publishing (UK)

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781472841209

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Western, European History