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Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Richard Hough, The hunting of Force Z : the brief, controversial life of the modern battleship, and its tragic close with the destruction of the 'Prince of Wales' and 'Repulse', 1963
This book is a terrific example of popular military history writing, telling in swift prose the story of the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse by the Japanese in December 1942, and providing both the longer term context in which Britain had developed its fleet of battleships and battlecruisers, and the shorter term strategic and tactical decisions which led to the fateful decision to dispatch Force Z to Singapore.Index, ill, maps, p.255.non-fictionThis book is a terrific example of popular military history writing, telling in swift prose the story of the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse by the Japanese in December 1942, and providing both the longer term context in which Britain had developed its fleet of battleships and battlecruisers, and the shorter term strategic and tactical decisions which led to the fateful decision to dispatch Force Z to Singapore. world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - britain, world war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – malaya
