01187 a2200253 4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001500136072001300151072002100164072002100185072002200206100001500228245010200243250000600345260003200351300001000383520052500393999001500918113887363220250317100401.0250312042015GB eng  a9781138873636 bTaylor & FranciscGBP 49.99fBB a01 aeng7 aNHW2thema7 aHBW2bic7 aHIS0270002bisac7 aHIS0271502bisac7 a940.5459412bisac1 aEric Grove10aGerman Capital Ships and Raiders in World War IIbVolume I: From Graf Spee to Bismarck, 1939-1941 a1 aOxfordbRoutledgec20150407 a208 p bThis is a comnpendium volume of three Battle Summaries or Naval Staff Histories produced soon after the war by the Naval Historical Branch of the Admiralty. Originally classified and designed for internal use only, these histories are published here for the first time. The documents in this book cover the actions during the period 1939-1941 that resulted in the sinking or immobilising of the German Warships Birsmark and Graf Spee, and record the struggle to rid the seas of the menace of the armed merchants raiders. c1204d1204