North Cape 1943: The Sinking of the Scharnhorst

by Angus Konstam

A beautifully illustrated study of the Battle of North Cape in 1943, a dramatic clash of British and German battleships in the North Sea which resulted in the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst.

The German battleship Scharnhorst had a reputation for being a lucky ship. Early in the war, she fought off a British battlecruiser and sunk a carrier before carrying out two successful forays into the Atlantic. In the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472842111
• ISBN13: 9781472842114
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.7"