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Title: The Phantom of Scapa Flow. [Gunther Prien and U-47's attack on the ROYAL OAK.]. [Translated by W. Strachan and D.M. Strachan. First English Edition.] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER
Description: Ian Allan, [Shepperton],, [1974]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs in the text and double-page map; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss at tail of backstrip. First published in Paris in 1969. A detailed review of Prien's attack on Scapa Flow in October 1939. Prien claimed to have sunk a second battlecruiser as well as ROYAL OAK; the author claims that this was probably IRON DUKE. Enser, p.393; Law, 0098.

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, scapa flow, prien, gunther prien, u-47, royal oak, iron duke, korganoff, alexandre korganoff

Price: GBP 34.00 = appr. US$ 48.55 Seller: Island Books
- Book number: 50688

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