Tirpitz in Norway: X-Craft Midget Submarines Raid the Fjords, Operation Source 1943
(Book #51 in the Raid Series)
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In 1943, the great battleship Tirpitz lay in a remote Norwegian fjord, a Latent threat ready to sortie against the Arctic Convoys. Fiercely guarded, it was invulnerable to conventional attacks, and so a daring plan was hatched to deploy a new, secret British weapon - the 'X-craft' midget submarine. It took months of training in a remote Scottish sea loch before the mission, codenamed Operation Source, was ready to be Launched. Six midget submarines were towed across the North Sea, dodging mines en route, before the crews were faced with the near-suicidal task of infiltrating the fjord, evading the defences, and laying their four-tonne charges directly underneath the hulking battleship. This thrilling new account explains the immense challenges of Operation Source, how it was planned and carried out, and how the last two surviving X-craft successfully laid their cargoes of time-fused Amatex on the seabed - and crippled Germany's most powerful battleship for good. Book jacket.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1472835859
ISBN13:9781472835857
Release Date:November 2019
Publisher:Osprey Publishing (UK)
Length:80 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 7.1" x 9.5"
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