Sinking of the Bismarck
By: Samuel Willard Crompton ; introduction by Caspar W. Weinberger.
Series: Great battles through the ages
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Bismarck (Battleship) -- Juvenile literature.; Hood (Battle cruiser) -- Juvenile literature.; Bismarck (Battleship); Hood (Battle cruiser); World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German -- Juvenile literature.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British -- Juvenile literature.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations.; Naval battles.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Recounts events leading up to and surrounding the May 1941 destruction of the British battle cruiser Hood by the German battleship Bismarck, soon followed by the sinking of the German ship by British forces.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 105) and index.
Table of contents: title: Hitler's gambles; title: Germany versus Britain; title: Breakout to the Denmark Strait; title: The mighty H.M.S. Hood; title: Battles of Iceland and Crete; title: Turn for France; title: Lost in the great ocean; title: In for the kill; title: Hitler versus Roosevelt; title: The stuff of legend: attempts to find the Bismarck.