TARGET TIRPITZ: X-craft, agents and dambusters - the epic quest to destroy Hitler's mightiest warship.
Pp. xxvi+390, 16 plates (3 coloured in part or whole) text illustrations, diagrams and maps, notes index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in white, a couple of small bruises to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Harper Press, London, 2012. First edition. *The campaign to destroy the Tirpitz 'attracted some of the bravest individuals of the wartime generation, including a Dambusters' commander who until now has remained in the shadows of history. At Churchill's urging, the effort to sink Tirpitz was relentless, resulting in one of the great sagas of the Second World War' [wrapper blurb]. Item #178584
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