{"product_id":"carrier-glorious-the-life-and-death-of-an-aircraft-carrier-paperback","title":"Carrier Glorious: The Life and Death of an Aircraft Carrier - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Winton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe engrossing but tragic history of the Royal Navy's worst loss of World War Two. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdeal for readers of Jonathan Dimbleby, Max Hastings and Craig L. Symonds.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn 8th June 1940, the British aircraft carrier HMS \u003ci\u003eGlorious\u003c\/i\u003e and her two destroyer escorts HMS \u003ci\u003eArdent\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAcasta \u003c\/i\u003ewere sighted by the German battle cruiser \u003ci\u003eScharnhorst\u003c\/i\u003e and her sister ship \u003ci\u003eGneisenau\u003c\/i\u003e. In a brutal gun battle that lasted over an hour all British ships were sunk and more than 1500 men lost their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy had \u003c\/i\u003eGlorious\u003ci\u003e left the main troop convoy to proceed independently? Why was she so lightly protected? Why did British Intelligence give no warning that the German battlecruisers were close by? And why were the survivors left in freezing Arctic waters for three days before being picked up?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOfficial documents do not answer these questions and so John Winton has drawn testimonies from men who served on \u003ci\u003eGlorious\u003c\/i\u003e in the pre-war days as well as her very few survivors to understand how this ship functioned both before and during the war, what happened on that fateful day and why is there still so much secrecy surrounding this heart-rending event. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Winton paints the best and most complete picture of any carrier of any navy\" \u003ci\u003eNaval War College Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarrier Glorious: The Life and Death of an Aircraft Carrier\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary history of this ship from her early beginnings as a battle cruiser in the First World War to her conversion into an aircraft carrier and service through the interwar years before uncovering what truly went on in her battle with the \u003ci\u003eScharnhorst\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGneisenau\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 420\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783081132320,"sku":"9781800554177","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3c3edb34182728a4410bfe2618e6de98.webp?v=1780579805","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/carrier-glorious-the-life-and-death-of-an-aircraft-carrier-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}