Physical description

Index, maps, ill, p.431.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

What did happen just off the Western Australian coast on 19 November, 1941? Certainly a tragedy: 600 men were killed when the HMAS Sydney was torpedoed by a German cruiser; but why? Olsen sets out to answer these questions, and in doing so, pulls apart the accepted theories about the causes of Australia's greatest maritime disaster.<br/>Title<br/>Bitter victory : the death of H.M.A.S. Sydney / Wesley Olson.