Target Tirpitz

By Patrick Bishop

Subjects: Submarine, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Naval Military operations, Large print books, British Naval operations, Livres en gros caractères, Naval operations, Large type books, British Aerial operations, World War, 1939-1945, Aerial Military operations, Opérations aériennes britanniques, British, Opérations sous-marines, 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.