Author: Hough, Richard,
Title: THE HUNTING OF FORCE Z.
Description: White Lion Publishers, London, 1974, 1st in imprint, 255pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., line ills. in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, an examination of the value of capital ships and an account of the development of naval defence against aerial attack. This book records the sending of 'Prince of Wales' and 'Repulse' to bolster the British presence in the Singapore theatre arriving only a few days before the attack on Pearl Harbour.Their subsequent voyage into the Gulf of Siam without air cover led to their destruction by Japanese aircraft attack which in turn led to some serious reconsideration of naval stategy, previously published by Collins, a little bumped at head of spine, four line ink inscr. front free endpaper, some old sello staining to free endpapers, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, sl. sunned at spine, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

Keywords: war ww2 navy battleship history repulse prince wales forcez singapore malaya far east


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