Target Tirpitz is gripping WW2 storytelling at its best and a return to the RAF territory of Patrick Bishop’s bestselling Bomber Boys and Fighter Boys.
The Tirpitz, Hitler’s greatest weapon, was reputed to be unsinkable and the battleship inflamed an Allied obsession: to destroy her at any cost.
More than thirty daring operations were launched against the 52,000 ton monster. Royal Navy midget submarines carried out an attack of extraordinary skill and courage against her when she lay deep in a Norwegian fjord in an operation that won VCs for two participants.
No permanent damage was done and the Fleet Air Arm was forced to launch full scale attacks through the summer of 1944 to try and finish her off. But still the Tirpitz remained a significant threat to Allied operations.
It was not until November 1944 that a brilliant operation by RAF Lancaster Bombers, under the command of one of Britain's greatest but least-known war heroes finally killed off Hitler’s last battleship.
Full of colour, insight and drama, Target Tirpitz is an unputdownable account of one of the great epics of the Second World War.
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Target Tirpitz is gripping WW2 storytelling at its best and a return to the RAF territory of Patrick Bishop’s bestselling Bomber Boys and Fighter Boys.
‘This is a great wartime story, gung-ho in its praise of the men who finally sank Tirpitz, yet compassionate towards her courageous crew. Already a bestselling war historian with his books on the RAF, Target Tirpitz proves that Bishop has sea legs, and this book should add another fleet of fans to his existing army of admirers.’Sunday Telegraph
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24 col plates, (Likely to include 24pp colour & b&w plates, several maps)
A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE RAF TERRITORY OF BOMBER BOYS AND FIGHTER BOYS FOR SPRING 2012
• A return to Patrick Bishop’s best-selling military history market with the very human stories of the heroes who filled the skies during the Second World War.
Patrick Bishop has sold OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD IN THE UK. OVER £4.5 MILLION WORTH OF BOOKS THROUGH TCM
• Targeted consumer marketing campaign and promotion through partner websites such as History.co.uk and History Direct and print history magazines.
• Series of videos with Patrick Bishop seeded online and available for all online retailers.
• Major UK serial deal in national newspaper.
• Lead review and feature coverage
• BBC National Radio interviews
ALL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERS.ALL EPIC ACCOUNTS OF BRITAIN AT WAR
Competition: Antony Beevor, Max Hastings, Ben MacIntyre,
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ISBN
9780007466337
Publisert
2012-02-02
Utgiver
Vendor
William Collins
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Lydfil
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Biographical note
Patrick Bishop is the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling ‘Fighter Boys’, ‘Bomber Boys’, ‘3 Para’ and ‘Ground Truth’. Previously, he was a foreign correspondent for over twenty years, reporting from conflicts all over the world.