DEATH OF THE SCHARNHORST

The "Scharnhorst" was one of the Germans' most valuable and successful battlecruisers. From the earliest days of World War II she wreaked havoc on Allied convoys and became a symbol of German naval might. But on Christmas Day 1943 this came to an end when the Home Fleet of the Royal Navy was successful in trapping and sinking her in a climactic battle with the big guns of the battleship "Duke of York". Drawing on eye-witness accounts from both British and German survivors, this is John Winton's gripping story of how the "Scharnhorst" was lured out to sea and finally defeated.

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