| ID: | 19848 |
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| Entry Text: | Rhys-Jones, Graham. The Loss of the Bismarck: An Avoidable Disaster. Annapolis: NIP; London: Cassell, 1999, 2000, 256 pp. May 1940; blame due to outmoded doctrines of German naval command; encouraged by success of Gneisenau & Scharnhorst sortie; so sortie Bismarck & Prinz Eugen. |