The Drama Of The Scharnhorst: A Factual Account From The German Viewpoint
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few naval engagements of the Second World War carry the tragic grandeur of the Scharnhorst's final battle, and The Drama of the Scharnhorst stands as the definitive German account of that fateful December 1943 encounter in the frozen Arctic seas. Corvette-Captain Fritz-Otto Busch chronicles the last sortie of the mighty German battlecruiser with unflinching authority, drawing on firsthand knowledge to reconstruct the cat-and-mouse pursuit that ended with the Royal Navy's decisive victory at the Battle of the North Cape — and the loss of almost 2,000 German sailors to the icy depths. Translated from the German, this account offers an invaluable perspective that Anglophone histories of the war rarely present: the view from the other side of the bridge. Busch's narrative is taut and unsentimental, cutting through the fog of wartime propaganda to present a human portrait of duty, courage, and catastrophe beneath a polar sky. For historians, naval enthusiasts, and anyone captivated by the brutal poetry of war at sea, this remains a rare and essential document — one that forces the reader to ask what it truly means to follow orders into oblivion.
Author: Fritz-Otto Busch
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, Robert Hale Limited
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few naval engagements of the Second World War carry the tragic grandeur of the Scharnhorst's final battle, and The Drama of the Scharnhorst stands as the definitive German account of that fateful December 1943 encounter in the frozen Arctic seas. Corvette-Captain Fritz-Otto Busch chronicles the last sortie of the mighty German battlecruiser with unflinching authority, drawing on firsthand knowledge to reconstruct the cat-and-mouse pursuit that ended with the Royal Navy's decisive victory at the Battle of the North Cape — and the loss of almost 2,000 German sailors to the icy depths. Translated from the German, this account offers an invaluable perspective that Anglophone histories of the war rarely present: the view from the other side of the bridge. Busch's narrative is taut and unsentimental, cutting through the fog of wartime propaganda to present a human portrait of duty, courage, and catastrophe beneath a polar sky. For historians, naval enthusiasts, and anyone captivated by the brutal poetry of war at sea, this remains a rare and essential document — one that forces the reader to ask what it truly means to follow orders into oblivion.