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9 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p101.
10 Ibid, p101.
11 Asmussen, op cit, p44.
12 Ibid, p44.
13 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p103.
14 Whitley, M. J., Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia (1996), pp223–224.
15 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p104; Asmussen, op cit, p44.
16 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p118; Kennedy (1974), op cit, pp18–19; and Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, pp105–106.
17 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p106.
18 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p113.
19 Ibid, p114.
20 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p107.
21 Asmussen, op cit, p45.
22 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p107.
23 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p35. Also Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p108.
24 Kennedy (1974), op cit, pp35–36.
25 Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, p73.
26 Ibid, p74.
27 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp121–122.
28 Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, p74.
Chapter 6: Sojourn in Norway
1 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p109.
2 Ibid, p109.
3 Asmussen, p45.
4 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p109
5 Ibid, pp109–110.
6 Ibid, pp110–111.
7 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, pp111–112. Also Winklareth (1998), op cit, pp63–64; Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp119–121.
8 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p42; Amussen, op cit, p45.
9 Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, p76.
10 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p120.
11 Ibid, p120.
12 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p111.
13 Ibid, p111.
14 Ibid, p111.
15 Ibid, op cit, pp114–116; Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p123.
16 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p123.
17 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p116.
18 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p94; Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, p59.
19 Asmussen, op cit, p54.
20 Ibid, p54.
21 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p116.
22 Ibid, pp116–117.
23 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p116.
Chapter 7: Move and Countermove
1 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p45.
2 Ibid, p46; Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p126.
3 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p124; Asmussen, op cit, p54.
4 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp119–121
5 Roskill, op cit, Map 30, between pp396–397.
6 Ibid, pp396–397.
7 Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, p83.
8 Asmussen, op cit, p54.
9 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p126.
10 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, pp116–117; Asmussen, op cit, p55.
11 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p117.
12 Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, p82; Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p116.
13 Müllenheim-Rechberg, p82; Kennedy (1974), op cit, pp49, 52; Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, p82.
14 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p51; Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p140.
15 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p56.
16 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp142–145.
17 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p42; Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p143.
18 Kennedy (1974), op cit, pp46–47; Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp128–129.
19 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p47.
20 Ibid, p48; Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, pp84–85; Winklareth (1998), pp66–67.
21 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p129.
Chapter 8: The Denmark Strait
1 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p144.
2 Ibid, p129; Roskill, op cit, pp396–397.
3 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p54.
4 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp144–145. Also see Friedman (1981) for a discussion of British radar capability.
5 Roskill, op cit, pp396–397.
6 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p146; Konstam (2015), op cit, pp48–49.
7 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p128.
8 Ibid, p128.
9 Ibid, p128.
10 Roskill, op cit, p397.
11 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p55; Roskill, op cit, p397 (although he says 6 miles).
12 Kennedy (1974), op cit, pp55–56.
13 Ibid, pp56–57.
14 Ibid, op cit, p56; Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p148.
15 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p148.
16 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p133.
17 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp153–157 discusses the strategic situation that evening, as does Roskill, op cit, pp398–399, from the standpoint of V. Adm. Holland.
18 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p133.
19 Ibid, p134.
20 Ibid, p134.
Chapter 9: Duel at Dawn
1 Coles & Briggs, pp148–164 contains a detailed account of the action through Briggs’ eyes. A précis is provided in Mearns, David & White, Rob, Hood and Bismarck: The Deep-sea Discovery of an Epic Battle (2001), p159. Also Ballantyne, Iain, Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Pride of Hitler’s Fleet (2010), pp72–82 for a wealth of personal accounts.
2 Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, p93.
3 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p68.
4 Ibid, p70; Asmussen, op cit, p60; Winklareth (1998), op cit, pp72–73.
5 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p69.
6 Ibid, p66.
7 Asmussen, op cit, p60.
8 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p71.
9 Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, p93. Also Konstam, Angus, The Bismarck 1941 (2011) for maps showing the approach to contact by both of the protagonists.
10 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p74.
11 Asmussen, op cit, p60.
12 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p135.
13 Ibid, p135.
14 Kennedy (1974), op cit, pp75–76.
15 Asmussen, p60.
16 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, pp136–137.
17 Winklareth, Robert J., The Battle of the Denmark Strait: A Critical Analysis of the Bismarck’s Singular Triumph (2012), p84.
18 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p138.
19 Asmussen, op cit, pp61–62.
20 Santarini, Marco, Bismarck and Hood: The Battle of the Denmark Strait – a Technical Analysis for a New Perspective (2017), pp72–75. This work provides an exhaustive ballistic analysis of the engagement.
21 Ibid, p72. Also Asmussen, op cit, pp61–62.
Chapter 10: Hood Has Blown Up
1 Winklareth (2012), pp135–137. Also Konstam (2011), op cit, p86.
2 Santarini, op cit, pp111–116. Also Asmussen, op cit, p61.
3 Santarini, op cit, pp112–113; Asmussen, op cit, pp61–63.
4 Asmussen, op cit, p63.
5 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p167.
6 Ibid, p157; Asmussen, op cit, p63.
7 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p162.
8 Asmussen, op cit, pp63–64.
9 Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, p99.
10 Asmussen, op cit, p63.
11 Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, p99.
12 Asmussen, op cit, p64.
13 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p141.
14 Santarini, op cit, pp72–77.
15 Ibid, pp116–122.
16 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp171–173 contains several accounts by witnesses on the Prince of Wales of the sight of Hood blowing up. Also Ballantyne (2010), op cit, pp84–88 for similar first-hand reports.
17 Ballantyne (2010), op cit, pp93–97.
18 Coles & Briggs, op cit, p164.
19 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p142.
20 Ibid, p143.
21 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p173.
22 Ibid, pp176–177.
23 Ibid, p180.
24 Santarini, op cit, p77.
25 Kennedy (1974)
, op cit, p88; Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p176.
26 Ballantyne (2010), op cit, pp84–87.
27 Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, p111.
28 Winklareth (2012), op cit, p140.
29 Santarini, op cit, p77.
30 Asmussen, op cit, p69.
31 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p90.
Chapter 11: Breakout into the Atlantic
1 Kennedy (1974), op cit, pp90–91; Ballantyne (2010), op cit, pp89–92.
2 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p180.
3 Ibid, p181. Also Ballantyne (2010), op cit, pp93–97 for an account of the rescue, and of the plight of the three survivors.
4 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, pp147–152. Also Asmussen, op cit, p74.
5 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, pp150–151.
6 Ibid, p152.
7 Ibid, p153.
8 Ibid, p152. Also pp53–157 for the problems this damage caused Lütjens.
9 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p191.
10 Kennedy (1974), p102.
11 Roskill, op cit, pp404–408. Also Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp193–197 for a full discussion of the British naval dispositions at this juncture.
12 Kennedy (1974), op cit, pp103–104.
13 Ibid, pp107–108.
14 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p158; Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, pp123–124.
15 Asmussen, op cit, p75.
16 Asmussen op cit, p75; Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p161.
17 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p163.
18 Ballantyne (2010), op cit, p101.
19 Ibid, p102.
20 Asmussen op cit, p75.
21 Roskill, op cit, p408.
22 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p199; Ballantyne (2010), op cit, p107.
23 Asmussen, op cit, p77; Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, p128.
24 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp201–203; Ballantyne (2010), op cit, pp108–111.
25 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p167.
26 Ballantyne (2010), op cit, pp111–112; Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p204.
27 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, pp174–175; Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp210–211.
28 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, pp174–175.
29 Ibid, p175.
Chapter 12: Hunting for the Bismarck
1 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp210–211.
2 Ibid, pp212–213.
3 Winklareth (1998), op cit, p198; Kennedy (1974), op cit, pp126–127.
4 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p126.
5 Ibid, pp127–128; Roskill, op cit, p410.
6 Dannreuther, Raymond, Somerville’s Force H (2005), pp88–89 provides a brief but useful history of Somerville’s force.
7 Whitley (1998), op cit, p119.
8 Roskill, op cit, p410; Kennedy (1974), op cit, pp141–144.
9 Ballantyne (2010), op cit, pp115–117.
10 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p176.
11 Ibid, p176.
12 Ibid, p177.
13 Ibid, pp182–183.
14 Ibid, p183.
15 Ibid, p185.
16 Ibid, pp188–189.
17 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp220–221.
18 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p128
19 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp227–228.
20 Ibid, p228.
21 Asmussen, op cit, p82.
22 Kennedy (1974), op cit, pp151–153.
23 Ibid, p154.
24 Ibid, p154; Asmussen, op cit, p83.
Chapter 13: Air Strike
1 Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, pp147–149.
2 Ballantyne, Iain, Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom (2016), pp21–22; Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p234.
3 Ballantyne (2010), op cit, p132.
4 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p235.
5 Asmussen, op cit, p83.
6 Ibid, p83; Ballantyne (2016), op cit, pp16–18.
7 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p235.
8 Ibid, p235; Kennedy (1974), op cit, p160.
9 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p236.
10 Ballantyne (2010), op cit, p139.
11 Ibid, p139.
12 Ibid, p139.
13 Ibid, p139.
14 Ibid, p139.
15 Kennedy (1974), op cit, pp165–166.
16 Ibid, pp165–166.
17 Asmussen, op cit, p85.
18 Ibid, p85; Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p240.
19 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p241.
20 Ballantyne (2010), op cit, p148.
21 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p242.
22 Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, p154; Asmussen, op cit, p228.
23 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p243.
24 Ballantyne (2010), op cit, p147.
25 Asmussen, op cit, p228.
26 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p246.
27 Ibid, p246; Kennedy (1974), op cit, p175.
28 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p175.
29 Ibid, p172.
30 Ibid, p172.
31 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p248.
32 Ibid, p248.
Chapter 14: Destroyers in the Night
1 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p208.
2 Ibid, p209.
3 Ibid, p209.
4 Ibid, p210.
5 Ibid, p212.
6 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p27.
7 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p211; Ballantyne (2010), pp158–159; Asmussen, op cit, p89.
8 Ballanytne (2016), pp27–29.
9 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p183; Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp252–253.
10 Ballantyne (2010), op cit, p154.
11 Whitley, M. J., Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia (2002), pp114–121, 220.
12 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p251.
13 Asmussen, op cit, p89.
14 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p217.
15 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p184.
16 Ibid, p186.
17 Ibid, p186.
18 Ballantyne (2010), op cit, p157.
19 Ibid, p157.
20 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p186.
21 Ballanytne (2016), op cit, p46. Also see Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, pp255–256; Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p219.
22 Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, p162.
23 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p209.
24 Ballanytne (2016), op cit, p41.
25 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p189.
26 Ballanytne (2010), op cit, pp41–42; Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p222.
27 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p223.
28 Ibid, p222; Kennedy (1974), op cit, pp192–193.
29 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, pp229–230.
30 Ibid, p231. Also, pp229–234 for an account of the proximity of Bismarck’s ‘protector’ the U-556 to the stricken battleship, and the inability of her commander to intervene.
Chapter 15: The Final Battle
1 Kennedy (1974), op cit, pp198–199.
2 Ibid, pp200–201.
3 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p264.
4 Ballantyne (2010), op cit, p164.
5 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p264.
6 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p201.
7 Asmussen, op cit, p91.
8 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, pp248–249.
9 Ibid, p247.
10 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p204. Also see Ballantyne (2010), op cit, pp170–171.
11 Asmussen, op cit, p92. For the reaction on the British ships, see Ballantyne (2010), op cit, pp170–171.
12 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p248; Asmussen, op cit, p93.
13 Asmussen, op cit, p92.
14 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p250.
15 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p206. Also Konstam (2015), op cit, p68.
16 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p271.
17 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p206.
18 Asmussen, op cit, p93.
19 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p250. Also B
allantyne (2016), op cit, p61.
20 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p253.
21 Zetterling & Tamelander, p271.
22 Ibid, p206.
23 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p208.
24 Ibid, p207.
25 Ballantyne (2010), op cit, p185.
26 Kennedy (1974), op cit, pp208–209.
27 Asmussen, op cit, p97.
28 Zetterling & Tamelander, op cit, p274.
29 Asmussen, op cit, pp97–98.
30 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p209.
31 For his account of his escape from his ship, and his eventual rescue, see Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, pp277–282.
32 Ballantyne (2010), op cit, pp198–199.
33 Asmussen, op cit, p98.
34 Müllenheim-Rechberg, op cit, p272.
35 Kennedy (1974), op cit, p209.
Epilogue
1 Skwiot & Prusinowska, op cit, pp186–190.
2 A detailed account of their fate is provided in Ballantyne (2010), op cit, pp215–217. Also Chesneau; and Whitley (1996, 1998, 2002).
3 Whitley (1998), op cit, p89.
4 Ballard, op cit, pp159–169.
5 Ibid, p218.
6 Mearns & White, op cit, pp194–207.
7 Ibid, pp207–211.
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