Shinano!: The Sinking of Japan's Secret Supership 031200186X, 9780312001865

Recounts how the Shinano was secretly converted to an aircraft carrier, but was sunk by an American submarine before it

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Shinano!: The Sinking of Japan's Secret Supership
031200186X, 9780312001865

In August 1972, six young Australians and New Zealanders living in the UK decide on a whim to buy the wreck of an abando

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Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; 1. The Mighty Bismarck Goes to Sea; 2. The Shadowing of the Bismar

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At once riveting and poignant, The Sinking of the Eastland brings to life a bygone era that yielded one of the most sign

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9 December 1971. 8.45 p.m. Torpedoed by a Pakistani submarine, the INS Khukri sank within minutes. Along with the ship,

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Launched in 1939, Bismarck was the most formidable surface ship in Hitler's fleet. Displacing over 55,000 tons when

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A beautifully illustrated study of the Battle of North Cape in 1943, a dramatic clash of British and German battleships

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9 December 1971. 8.45 p.m. Torpedoed by a Pakistani submarine, the INS Khukri sank within minutes. Along with the ship,

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9 December 1971. 8.45 p.m. Torpedoed by a Pakistani submarine, the INS Khukri sank within minutes. Along with the ship,

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9 December 1971. 8.45 p.m. Torpedoed by a Pakistani submarine, the INS Khukri sank within minutes. Along with the ship,

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Published in 1912 within months of the sinking of the Titanic, this "memorial edition" of first-hand accounts

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