The Death of The Scharnhorst
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PUBLISHER
Antony Bird Publications, Hippocrene Books Ltd.
BINDING
Grey cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITION
Good, some fading to boards, printed pages clean and largely unmarked.
DUST JACKET
Faded at spine with a few small marks and a little creasing at edges. Gloss paper.
EDITION
First edition 1983.
DESCRIPTION
Signed by Henry Leach, Admiral of the Fleet. Illustrated with 22 black and white photographs, grouped in the centre of the book. Four plans showing the course of the battle. 182 pp.
SYNOPSIS
An account of the sinking of the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst at Christmas 1943, to prevent attacks on Arctic convoys in the Barents Sea to the north of Norway.