The Battle of the North Cape: The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943 (Campaign Chronicles)

The Battle of the North Cape: The Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943 (Campaign Chronicles) by Konstam, Angus. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781844158560.

On 25 December 1943 the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst slipped out Altenfjord in Norway to attack Artic convoy JW55B which was carrying vital war supplies to the Soviet Union. But British naval intelligence knew of the Scharnhorsts mission before she sailed and the vulnerable convoy was protected by a large Royal Naval force including the battleship Duke of York. In effect the Scharnhorst was sailing into a trap. One of the most compelling naval dramas of the Second World War had begun. Angus Konstams gripping account tells the story of this crucial and under-studied naval battle, and explains why the hopes of the German Kriegsmarine went down with their last great ship.