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Tirpitz

The Life and Death of Germany's Last Super Battleship

By: Niklas Zetterling,Michael Tamelander

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Tirpitz

The Life and Death of Germany's Last Super Battleship

By: Niklas Zetterling,Michael Tamelander

The authors of Bismarck deliver “a very good account of the Tirpitz and of the naval war in the North Atlantic and Norwegian waters” during World War II (NYMAS Review). After the Royal Navy’s bloody high seas campaign to kill the mighty Bismarck, the Allies were left with an uncomfortable truth—the German behemoth had a twin sister. Slightly larger than her sibling, the Tirpitz was equally capable of destroying any other battleship afloat, as well as wreaking havoc on Allied troop and supply convoys. For the next three and a half years, the Allies launched a variety of attacks to remove Germany’s last serious surface threat, hidden within fjords along the Norwegian coast. Trying an indirect approach, the British launched one of the war’s most daring commando raids—at St. Nazaire—in order to knock out the last drydock in Europe capable of servicing the Tirpitz. Of over six hundred commandos and sailors in the raid, more than half were lost during an all-night battle that succeeded, at least, in knocking out the drydock. It was not until November 1944 that the Tirpitz finally succumbed to British aircraft armed with ten-thousand–pound Tallboy bombs, the ship capsizing at last with the loss of one thousand sailors. In this book, military historians Niklas Zetterling and Michael Tamelander, authors of Bismarck: The Final Days of Germany’s Greatest Battleship, illuminate the strategic implications and dramatic battles surrounding the Tirpitz, a ship that may have had greater influence on the course of World War II than her more famous sister. “A riveting story . . . keeps the reader engaged.” —Nautilus, A Maritime Journal of Literature, History and Culture

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1612000495

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Bismarck

The Final Days of Germany's Greatest Battleship

By: Michael Tamelander,Niklas Zetterling

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The Final Days of Germany's Greatest Battleship

By: Michael Tamelander,Niklas Zetterling

The author of Blitzkrieg covers one of the most dramatic events of the Second World War in an “outstanding book about naval warfare” (World War II History). When the German battleship Bismarck—a masterpiece of engineering, well-armored with a main artillery of eight 15-inch guns—left the port of Gotenhafen for her first operation on the night of May 18, 1941, the British battlecruiser Hood and the new battleship Prince of Wales were ordered to find her quickly, as several large convoys were heading for Britain. On May 24, Bismarck was found off the coast of Greenland, but the ensuing battle was disastrous for the British. The Hood was totally destroyed within minutes, with only three crewmen surviving, and Prince of Wales was badly damaged. The chase resumed until the German behemoth was finally caught, this time by four British capital ships supported by torpedo-bombers from the carrier Ark Royal. The icy North Atlantic roiled from the crash of shellfire and bursting explosions until finally the Bismarck collapsed, sending nearly two thousand German sailors to a watery grave. Tamelander and Zetterling’s work rests on stories from survivors and the latest historical discoveries. The book starts with a thorough account of maritime developments from 1871 up to the era of the giant battleship, and ends with a vivid account, hour by hour, of the dramatic and fateful hunt for the mighty Bismarck, Nazi Germany’s last hope to pose a powerful surface threat to Allied convoys. “Exciting story-telling . . . recreat[es] the thrill of the hunt.” —International Journal of Maritime History “[An] epic sea chase and its vivid, human details.” —World War II

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1935149822

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9781935149828

From The Battle of Britain to Bombing Hitler's Berchtesgaden

Wing Commander James âJimâ Bazin, DSO, DFC

By: Michael Bazin,Fenella Bazin

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From The Battle of Britain to Bombing Hitler's Berchtesgaden

Wing Commander James âJimâ Bazin, DSO, DFC

By: Michael Bazin,Fenella Bazin

It was Tuesday, 17 October 1939. Britain had been at war with Germany for more than a month and for only the second time the Luftwaffe had dared to enter British airspace â and at last James âJimâ Bazinâs chance had come. After joining the RAF in 1935, Jim was an experienced pilot when war broke out and he was eager to test his skills against the enemy. This first combat was the start of a career which saw Wing Commander Bazin, as he was to become, being posted to France with 607 (County of Durham) Squadron. He fought there until the last days of the Battle of France. In the course of the campaign, Bazin had battled his way to becoming an ace. He was also shot down behind enemy lines, but successfully evaded capture to return to his squadron and resume the fight. There was no respite for Bazin as he was once again in the air defending Britainâs skies in his trusty Hurricane as the Luftwaffe sort to destroy Fighter Command in the summer of 1940. With ten âkillsâ to his name, Jim Bazin was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in October that year. But merely driving off the Luftwaffe was not enough for him. He was posted to Inverness where he served as a Controller in 14 Groupâs Operations Room, which gave him a taste for offensive operations. In time, Bazin volunteered to move to Bomber Command. He duly undertook a conversion course in 1943, eventually joining 49 Squadron as a Lancaster pilot to take the war to the very heart of the enemy. After commanding 49 Squadron, including taking part in Bomber Commandâs support of the D-Day landings, Bazin was promoted to Wing Commander, leading 9 Squadron on many attacks on special targets such as U-boat pens, viaducts, refineries and, most notably, operating with the famous Dambusters against Hitlerâs great battleship Tirpitz. Unrelenting in his efforts against the enemy, Jim Bazin was involved in operations against targets in Poland and Germany right up until the end of the war. This culminated in the last major RAF operation of the Second World War when, on 25 April 1945, Bomber Command attacked the Berghof, Hitlerâs Alpine retreat, and other targets in Berchtesgaden. Jim Bazin was awarded the DSO in September 1945 â rightful recognition for a man who had done so much to bring about the defeat of the enemy.

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Air World

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1399066943

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Bismarck

The Final Days of Germany's Greatest Battleship

By: Michael Tamelander,Niklas Zetterling

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Tirpitz

The Life and Death of Germany's Last Super Battleship

By: Niklas Zetterling,Michael Tamelander

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Conversations with Michael Landon

By: Tom Ito,Michael Landon

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Conversations with Michael Landon

By: Tom Ito,Michael Landon

In-depth interviews conducted during the year prior to the onset of Michael Landon's illness reveal the openness with which the actor could share his thoughts and feelings about his work and personal life

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0809238411

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As the Broken White Lines Become One

A Spiritual Travelogue

By: Michael J. Gehring

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As the Broken White Lines Become One

A Spiritual Travelogue

By: Michael J. Gehring

In As the Broken White Lines Become One, Michael Gehring recounts his spiritual journey through the landscape of late-twentieth-century southern American Christianity. This account depicts how and why he drifted away from the Roman Catholic Church, fellowshipped for a while with the Assemblies of God, sojourned for a prolonged time as an outsider to the institutional church, and eventually found a theological home within United Methodism. What follows is a spiritual journey with a lot of turns. The work is not intended to be a complete autobiography. Significant biographical details and relationships are not included as this narrative focuses on the shifting and sifting grounds of American Christian denominations. This chronicle primarily concerns the spiritual journey that led him to United Methodism and what it was like, not only to choose it, but also to inhabit it.

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1532674082

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Michael Shannon

Painting and the Poetry of Daily Life

By: Graeme Sturgeon,Michael Shannon

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Michael Shannon

Painting and the Poetry of Daily Life

By: Graeme Sturgeon,Michael Shannon

This "book on the art of Michael Shannon traces his development from his early years as a student with George Bell, to his most recent studies of the landscape of Northern Victoria. Comprehensively illustrated, it reveals his sustained interest in the urban environment and his ability to find both poetry and quiet dignity in the ordinary aspects of the suburban world". -- inside front cover.

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Michael Landy

Everything Must Go

By: Michael Landy

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Michael Landy

Everything Must Go

By: Michael Landy

Everything Must Go! is the first major monograph of Michael Landy's work, spanning 20 years of his career. Richly illustrated in full colour, this book surveys his earliest work including lesser-known sculptures such as Sovereign shown at Freeze in 1988, to large scale installations Market at Building One in London, Closing Down Sale at Karsten Schubert Ltd., and Scrapheap Services first shown as part of the exhibition Brilliant! New Art from London in Minneapolis. Other works discussed in detail include the infamous Break Down, where Landy destroyed all 7,227 of his possessions in a department store on Oxford Street, Semi-detached at Tate Britain, where Landy constructed a full-scale model of his family home, and the project H2NY where Landy made 168 drawings based on a Tinguely sculpture and performance Homage to New York. With over 800 colour images, this 432-page book features essays by Richard Flood, Rochelle Steiner and Richard Shone, and an interview with James Lingwood.

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1905464185

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Michael Taylor

A Geometry of Meaning

By: Robert C. Morgan,Tina Oldknow,William Warmus,Michael Estes Taylor

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Michael Taylor

A Geometry of Meaning

By: Robert C. Morgan,Tina Oldknow,William Warmus,Michael Estes Taylor

Richly illustrated, this monograph offers the first thorough look at the career of Michael Taylor whose sculpture not only involves the elements of visual perception of light, lines, color and shapes, but the intangible element of human emotion. 160 colour illustrations

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1555952623

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