The Hunting of Force Z: The Sinking of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse by Richard Hough

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library copy with stickers, stamps and protective plastic covering. Pages are sunned. Previous owners have redacted signatures.Originally published in 1963.

The destruction in December 1941 of the battleship the Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser the Repulse, sent by Churchill as Force Z to protect Singapore, by the Japanese airforce in the Gulf of Siam marked the end of an era for battleships and the start of a new order at sea. But the sinking of these great capital ships is also a story of one of the most terrible strategic blunders of the Second World War, which resulted in catastrophe for the British and their allies in the war against Japan. (back cover)

This famous account by eminent naval historian Richard Hough chronicles the events leading to a tragic conclusion for Force Z and its terrible aftermath.