| Title:
Operation
Thunderbolt by Peter G. Cooksley |
|
Description:
The
full title of this book is Operation Thunderbolt: The
Nazi Warships Escape 1942. But it doesn’t just explain
how and why the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen
escaped from the English Channel but how they came to
be trapped in the harbour at Brest. The reader is taken
step by step before and after the warships escape and
shows how important it was that the allies destroyed them.
It tells of the fate of the major vessels on both sides
and discusses why the Germans were able to escape.
|
| Author:
The author
has a wealth of knowledge in the field of aviation, however,
for this book he moves into the sphere of naval warfare
for which he has done a vast amount of research. He has
in the past acted as an aviation consultant and in that
capacity has worked for the Film Board of Canada. His earlier
books include, Flying Bomb and Skystrike. |
| Binding:
Hardcover. |
| Date
Published: First
published 1981. |
Edition:
This
edition1981. |
| Jacket
Condition: Very
good condition with dust jacket which is also in very good
condition with protective plastic sleeve. Ex-library copy
so has number at bottom of spine. |
| Book
Condition:
Reasonably good condition, containing 190 pages 14 of which
contain photographs with several others having illustrations
of the naval manoeuvres. This is an ex-library copy so has
the usual wear. |
| Publisher:
Robert Hale, London. |
| ISBN:
: 0-7091-9435-8. |
| Size
& Weight: 22.4
cm x 14.7 cm (H x W). 2.2 cm thick. |
