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I Sank the Bismarck


Free Download I Sank the Bismarck By John Moffat
2009 | 352 Pages | ISBN: 059306352X | EPUB | 2 MB
The memoirs of a Second World War bomber pilot and the sinking of the Bismarck warship in May 1941.Along with twelve other brave pilots, John Moffat took down the largest warship of its time. A warship that had destroyed the famed HMS Hood within minutes, and was able to withstand anything the British military threw at it. These men, in their Swordfish, managed to avoid the fearful anti-aircraft fire and launch their torpedoes. One of them hit, holing the German warship.This is John Moffat’s story, of how as a young man he experienced first-hand the titanic struggle for naval supremacy, the cramped cabins and meagre rations of WWII, the mind-numbing patrols over hundreds of miles of ocean and the adrenalin and fear of being in a fragile aircraft sought out by gunfire. As the only surviving member of the mission, John Moffat tells of everything that led him to be able to say, "I sank the Bismarck."From the Trade Paperback edition.

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1545 Who Sank the Mary Rose


Free Download 1545: Who Sank the Mary Rose? by Peter Marsden
English | October 16, 2019 | ISBN: 1526749351 | 439 pages | PDF | 18 Mb
The raising of the Mary Rose in 1982 was a remarkable feat of archaeology and her subsequent preservation and display at Portsmouth a triumph of technical skill and imagination. She is more than a relic, however. She has a story to tell, and her sinking in the Solent in 1545, when under attack by the French, and the reasons for it, have intrigued historians for generations. With the benefit of access to her remains, archaeologists have been able to slowly unravel the mystery of her foundering on a calm summer’s day in July 1545.

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