Tin Can Titans: The Heroic Men and Ships of World War II’s Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron John Wukovits
Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst
Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis
- Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
- Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
- Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
- Opsig når som helst
Carrier Glorious: The Life and Death of an Aircraft Carrier
- Af
- Med
- Forlag
The engrossing but tragic history of the Royal Navy's worst loss of World War Two.
Ideal for fans of Jonathan Dimbleby, Max Hastings, and Craig L. Symonds.
On 8th June 1940, the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and her two destroyer escorts HMS Ardent and Acasta were sighted by the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst and her sister ship Gneisenau. In a brutal gun battle that lasted over an hour, all British ships were sunk and more than 1500 men lost their lives.
Why had Glorious left the main troop convoy to proceed independently? Why was she so lightly protected? Why did British Intelligence give no warning that the German battlecruisers were close by? And why were the survivors left in freezing Arctic waters for three days before being picked up?
Official documents do not answer these questions and so John Winton has drawn testimonies from men who served on Glorious in the pre-war days as well as her very few survivors to understand how this ship functioned both before and during the war, what happened on that fateful day, and why is there still so much secrecy surrounding this heart-rending event.
© 2023 Tantor Media (Lydbog): 9798765063385
Release date
Lydbog: 25. april 2023
Andre kan også lide...
- Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of World War II August – October 1942: The Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of World War II August–October 1942 Jeffrey R. Cox
- Tidal Wave: From Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Pride of Hitler’s Fleet Iain Ballantyne
- The Battle of North Cape: The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943 Angus Konstam
- Hunt the Bismarck: The Pursuit of Germany’s Most Famous Battleship Angus Konstam
- The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II Don Brown
- Carrier Pilot Norman Hanson
- The Germans in Normandy Richard Hargreaves
- Those Who Fall John Muirhead
- Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa Joseph H. Alexander
- The Last 100 Days: The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe John Toland
- Battle for the Ruhr: The German Army's Final Defeat in the West Derek S. Zumbro
- How Carriers Fought: Carrier Operations in WWII Lars Celander
- Forgotten Fifteenth: The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler’s War Machine Barrett Tillman
- Operation Pedestal: The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942 Max Hastings
- Enterprise: America’s Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II Barrett Tillman
- Air Force Blue: The RAF in World War Two – Spearhead of Victory Patrick Bishop
- Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan 1942-1945 Barrett Tillman
- Countdown to D-Day: The German Perspective Peter Margaritis
- Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-45 Max Hastings
- The Last Battle Cornelius Ryan
- Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway Walter Lord
- Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boat Codes, 1939–1943 David Kahn
- Spitfire Stories Jacky Hyams
- Decision in Normandy Carlo D’Este
- The German Aces Speak II: World War II Through the Eyes of Four More of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders Colin D. Heaton
- The Sinking of the Blücher: The Battle of Drøbak Narrows, April 1940 Tor Jørgen Melien
- Battle: The Story of the Bulge John Toland
- D-Days in the Pacific Donald L. Miller
- Panzer Gunner: From My Native Canada to the German Ostfront and Back. In Action with 25th Panzer Regiment, 7th Panzer Division 1944-45 Bruno Friesen
- Case White: The Invasion of Poland 1939 Robert Forczyk
- From the Realm of a Dying Sun: Volume 1: IV. SS-Panzerkorps and the Battles for Warsaw, July–November 1944 Douglas E. Nash, Sr.
- On a Knife’s Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942–March 1943: The Ukraine, November 1942-March 1943 Prit Buttar
- The Phantom Major: The Story of David Stirling and His Desert Command Virginia Cowles
- Dead Reckoning: The Story of How Johnny Mitchell and His Fighter Pilots Took on Admiral Yamamoto and Avenged Pearl Harbor Dick Lehr
- South Pacific Destroyer: The Battle for the Solomons from Savo Island to Vella Gulf Russell Sydnor Crenshaw, Jr.
- ‘Young Man - You’ll Never Die’ Merton Naydler
- Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War William Manchester
- In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front Gottlob Herbert Bidermann
- The Tank Killers: A History of America's World War II Tank Destroyer Force Harry Yeide
- Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany’s Eastern Front 1944–45: The Assault on Germany’s Eastern Front 1944-45 Prit Buttar
- Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific R. V. Burgin
- The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War Mark E. Stille
Vælg dit abonnement
Over 600.000 titler
Download og nyd titler offline
Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)
Det er nemt at opsige når som helst
Flex
For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.
1 konto
20 timer/måned
Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer
Eksklusivt indhold hver uge
Fri lytning til podcasts
Ingen binding
Den mest populære
Premium
For dig som lytter og læser ofte.
1 konto
100 timer/måned
Eksklusivt indhold hver uge
Fri lytning til podcasts
Ingen binding
Unlimited
For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.
1 konto
Ubegrænset adgang
Eksklusivt indhold hver uge
Fri lytning til podcasts
Ingen binding
Family
For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.
2-6 konti
100 timer/måned pr. konto
Fri lytning til podcasts
Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto
Ingen binding
2 konti
179 kr. /månedSprog og region
Dansk
Danmark
