Target Tirpitz
Subtitle: x-craft, agents and dambusters - the epic quest to destroy Hitler's mightiest warship
By: Patrick Bishop
Publisher: HarperPress
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780007319244
Subjects: British Aerial operations; British; Naval Military operations; Submarine; World War, 1939-1945; Aerial Military operations; British Naval operations; Naval operations; Tirpitz (Battleship)
Description: Tirpitz was the pride of Hitler's navy, the most powerful battleship in Europe. To Churchill she was "The Beast", a menace to Britain¡s supply lines. An "Iron Castle" that could withstand any bomb or torpedo. She haunted the imaginations of the men directing Britain's war. Plan after plan was hatched to send her to the bottom. But in the end it was Bomber Command who finished her off. In 1944, Wing Commander James "Willie" Tait, led Lancasters from 617 Squadron - the famous "Dambusters" - and 9 Squadron on a series of raids which ended with the destruction of Hitler's Tirpitz.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.