The Last Dawn: The Royal Oak Tragedy at Scapa Flow Turner David
The Last Dawn: The Royal Oak Tragedy at Scapa Flow Turner David On 14 October 1939, HMS Royal Oak, one of the British navy's top battleships, was destroyed at the Royal Navy's main anchorage at Scapa…
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The Last Dawn: The Royal Oak Tragedy at Scapa Flow Turner David
On 14 October 1939, HMS Royal Oak, one of the British navy's top battleships, was destroyed at the Royal Navy's main anchorage at Scapa Flow, Orkney. Over 800 lives were lost, including sailors as young as 14.This book is a revealing account of the tragedy. The audacious attack, by a German U-boat, was the first major blow against Britain of the Second World War.
Told through declassified photographs and naval records, as well as statements from survivors, it is a dramatic and moving reassessment of one of the most shattering events in British naval