THE BATTLE OF THE DENMARK STRAIT: A Critical Analysis of the Bismarck's Singular Triumph

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Covers the Battle of the Denmark Strait in the spring of 1941 between the HMS Hood and Prince of Wales and the Bismarck. Considers the factors affecting naval gunnery, such as flight time of shells to their target, reaction time for correcting the fall of shot, and recycle times of the various gun systems to painstakingly reconstruct the battle within all of the established time and distance parameters. Also explores the relevant events leading up to the titanic clash, and those events associated with its aftermath. Includes new discoveries, revealed for the first time in this book, that shed new light on the battle.