Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse
Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse On the third day of the war with Japan, two Royal Navy capital ships were sunk off Malaya by air torpedo attack. The authors re-create for the reader not only…
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Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse
On the third day of the war with Japan, two Royal Navy capital ships were sunk off Malaya by air torpedo attack. The authors re-create for the reader not only what happened, but also what it was like for the men involved. They had not requested the air support that could have saved them and 840 men died in the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser HMS Repulse.
They dispose of several myths to explain the events of those confused hours, and address the uncertainty, controversy and strong emotions that surrounded the militarily disastrous