THE GRAND SCUTTLE: The Sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919

Name: THE GRAND SCUTTLE: The Sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919
Author: Dan van der Vat
ISBN: 9781843410386

Author Dan van der Vat

Publisher Birlinn

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Author(s)Dan van der Vat

PublisherBirlinn

ISBN / ASIN1843410389

ISBN-139781843410386

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Sales Rank1,159,313

MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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At Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919, the German High Seas Fleet, one of the most formidable ever built and prime cause of the Great War, was deliberately sent to the bottom of the British Grand Fleet's principal anchorage at Orkney by its own officers and men.

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..." makes good use of previously unpublished archival sources to discern the details behind the disaster... includes information on efforts to excavate the fleet, helpful maps and contemporary photographs."

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