On May 18, 1941, the German battleship Bismarck began its first ever combat mission. It was the most powerful ship in Europe ...
during World War II, the loss was not especially remarkable. The American public’s tolerance for military loss has lowered ...
“The Bismarck Sea may not be ... Said an American general veteran of the last war, “the strangest thing I have ever witnessed.” Marines. Across the sea some 300 miles, on New Guinea ...
Pp. xvi, 472. Illus., maps, tables, appends., notes, biblio., index. $59.95 paper. ISBN: 190603303X. A rare work in English on the Danish-German war of 1864, which, although short (272 days), had ...