On a rainy day in October 1946, at an anonymous bend in the road somewhere on the outskirts of Munich, Germany, a group of Allied soldiers slowly poured several containers of ashes into the gutter. These ashes were all that remained of several men who had been the heads of the Third Reich (Nazi Germany) witnesses and active participants in the bloodiest war in history.
Ships of World War II includes all the main warships of World War II with over 90 photographs of the ships their design, development, and service history provided for each one of them. The book was written by an expert on naval history (John Ward). You will also find the full specifications for each ship, all weights and measurements (in metric and imperial).
A German torpedo hit the RMS Lusitania on May 7, 1915. Shortly after, a substantial second explosion shook the ship. Within 20 minutes, the vessel known as the "Greyhound of the Seas" had sunk to the ocean floor, resulting in the deaths of almost 1200 individuals. A new two-step investigation...