Sink the Tirpitz 1942–44 by Angus Konstam
This is the story of an air campaign in which each bomb could dramatically influence the course of the war.
In January 1942, the powerful German battleship Tirpitz sailed into her new base in a Norwegian fjord, within easy reach of the Arctic Convoys. Her destruction suddenly became a top Allied priority. But sinking a modern and formidably armed battleship was no easy task, especially when she lay secure in a remote, mountainous fjord, protected by anti-torpedo nets, radar, flak guns and smoke generators.
This book charts the full, complex story of the air war against Tirpitz, from the Fleet Air Arm’s failed torpedo attack at sea, the RAF’s early Halifax raids, and the carrier-borne Barracuda airstrikes of Operations Mascot, Tungsten and Goodwood, to the three Tallboy attacks that finally crippled and sank her. With detailed maps and diagrams, it explains the aircraft and ordnance the British had to work with, the evolving strategic situation, and why the task was so difficult.
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Operation Black Buck 1982
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Sinking Force Z 1941
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France 1940
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Operation Linebacker II 1972
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Kursk 1943
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Chrome Dome 1960–68
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Bloody April 1917
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Korea 1950–53
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Operation Linebacker I 1972
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Six-Day War 1967
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Rabaul 1943–44
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Operation Ro-Go 1943
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Malta 1940–42
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Battle of the Atlantic 1939–41
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Desert Storm 1991
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The Ruhr 1943
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Schweinfurt–Regensburg 1943
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Rolling Thunder 1965–68
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Battle of Berlin 1943–44
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Battle of the Atlantic 1942–45
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Japan 1944–45
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Iraq 2003
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New Guinea 1943–44
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Winter War 1939–40
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Okinawa 1945
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Normandy 1944
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New Guinea 1942–43
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Operation Steinbock 1944
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Sumatra 1944–45
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Yom Kippur War 1973
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Operation Allied Force 1999
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The Oil Campaign 1944–45
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D-Day 1944
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Holland 1940
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Legion Condor 1936–39
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Malaya & Dutch East Indies 1941–42
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South China Sea 1945
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Afghanistan 1979–88
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Hamburg 1940–45
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Guadalcanal 1942–43
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Gothic Line 1944–45
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Battle of Britain 1940
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Eastern Front 1945
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Philippines 1941–42
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781472831590 |
| ISBN 10 | 1472831594 |
| Title | Sink the Tirpitz 1942–44 |
| Author | Angus Konstam |
| Series | Air Campaign |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2018-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |