Sydney, Cipher, and Search: Solving the Last Great Naval Mystery of the Second World War

by Peter Hore

Book Overview

In November 1941 the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney, with a crew of 645, disappeared off the coast of Western Australia. When German sailors picked up from lifeboats claimed that their ship, the Kormoran--a lightly armed merchant raider--had sunk the pride of the Australian navy theories sprang up to explain the loss. Had a second German warship been involved, or a Japanese submarine, even though Japan was not yet in the war?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591148375
• ISBN13: 9781591148371
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.3"