Patrick Bishop
A gripping account of the epic hunt for Hitlerâ€™s most terrifying battleship â€“ the legendary Tirpitz â€“ and the brave men who risked their lives to attack and destroy this most potent symbol of the Naziâ€™s fearsome war machine.,Tirpitz was the pride of Hitlerâ€™s navy. To Churchill, she was â€˜the Beastâ€™, a menace to Britainâ€™s supply lines and a threat to the convoys sustaining Stalinâ€™s armies. Tirpitz was said to be unsinkable, impregnable â€“no other target attracted so much attention.,In total 36 major Allied operations were launched against her, including desperately risky missions by human torpedoes and midget submarines and near-suicidal bombing raids. Yet Tirpitz stayed afloat. It was not until November 1944 that she was finally destroyed by RAF Lancaster Bombers flown by 617 Squadron â€“ the Dambusters â€“ in a gruelling mission that tested the very limits of human endurance.,The man who led the raid â€“ Willie Tait â€“ was one of the most remarkable figures of the war, flying missions almost continuously right from the start. Until now his deeds have been virtually unknown. With exclusive co-operation from Taitâ€™s family, Patrick Bishop reveals the extraordinary achievement of a man who shunned the spotlight but whose name will be renowned for generations to come.
History,Nonfiction,War,World War II,Military,Military History,War,Military Fiction,Military History,Naval History,Cultural,Germany,War,Literature,20th Century,History,European History
Target Tirpitz: X-Craft, Agents and Dambusters - The Epic Quest to Destroy Hitler's Mightiest Warship