BATTLESHIP BISMARCK A SURVIVOR'S STORY BY BARON BURKARD VON IN SOUTH AFRICA

 BATTLESHIP BISMARCK A SURVIVOR'S STORY  by Baron Burkard von Mullenheim Rechberg ; TRANSLATED into English by JACK SWEETMAN ; Hardcover; published by The Bodley Head; First published in Great Britain in 1981; ISBN 0 370 30390 3; No. of Pages; 290 including The Index  Both Book and D/J  in very good condition; D/J  fully intact  One small tear 1cm on the front bottom  and also very slight damage to the front right corner and the edge / top of the spine. Book; very good binding , no tears, no writing added and no browning of the paper. For postage via SA PO and within SA  please add R50.00  alternatively via POSTNET  to POSTNET  for a parcel of up to 5kg (addit. books maybe included - up to 5kg) then please add R104.00 . Buyers from outside of SA can contact me for a postal quote.  ps; Also listed under my listings; "    THE DISCOVERY OF THE BISMARCK by ROBERT BALLARD  with RICK ARCHBOLD  ". From; Goodreads;  Rating  4.27  out of 5 Stars;  Originally published to much acclaim in 1980, this is the story of the legendary German battleship that sunk the pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, on May 24, 1941, and three days later was hunted down and sunk by the British during one of the most dramatic pursuits in naval history. Told by a German naval officer who witnessed both sinkings, the book chronicles the brief but sensational career of what was thought to be the grandest weapon of the Third Reich. Burkard Baron von Mullenheim-Rechberg, the Bismarck 's top-ranking survivor, tells the battleship's story from commissioning to the moment when the captain gave a final salute and went down with his ship. The epic battle between the two great enemy ships captured the imagination of an entire generation and became a popular subject for movies and songs. With the discovery a few years ago of the Bismarck 's sunken hull off the coast of France, worldwide attention has focused again on the famous ship. Reprinted now in paperback for the first time, the work presents the human dimensions of the event without neglecting the technical side and includes information on rudder damage and repair, overall ship damage, and code breaking. The book also provides insights into the author's life as a prisoner of war in England and Canada and the friction that existed between the Nazis and non-Nazis Germans in the camps. Such a personal look at one of the most famous sea encounters in the history of World War II makes absorbing reading.   World Wat two 11 II German Naval operations warships