X-craft versus Tirpitz : the mystery of the missing X5
Jacobsen, Alf R., 1950-2006
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The author relates one of the most incredible tales of the Second World War, in which Royal Navy X-craft midget submarines attacked the German battleship 'Tirpitz' in Norway. A daring plan was hatched by the Admiralty to sink 'Tirpitz' using midget submarines to plant high explosive mines beneath the ship's keel. This is the story of what happened.
Main title:
X-craft versus Tirpitz : the mystery of the missing X5 / Alf R. Jacobsen ; translated from the Norwegian by J. Basil Cowlishaw.
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Imprint:
Stroud : Sutton, 2006.
Collation:
[vi], 287 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Maps on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-275) and index.
ISBN:
9780750941129 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.545941940.542181
Language:
EnglishNorwegian
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BRN:
169778
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