Run the Gauntlet: The Channel Dash 1942

by Ken Ford

In February 1942, three of the major ships of the German surface fleet - the battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen - stormed out of the harbour at Brest on a dramatic voyage back to Germany. Passing through the straights of Dover, the ships faced everything the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy could throw at them. In a dramatic running fight, the ships managed to sail right under the nose of history's greatest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849085706
• ISBN13: 9781849085700
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.6"