Hostages to Fortune: Winston Churchill and the Loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse
Author:   Arthur Nicholson ,  Sir Henry Leach, GCB, DL
Publisher:   The History Press Ltd
Edition:   UK ed.
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9780750939485


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   17 February 2005
Format:   Hardback
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Hostages to Fortune: Winston Churchill and the Loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse


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When the British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese bombers on 10 December 1941, Winston Churchill is on record as having said 'In all the war I never received a more direct shock'. Their loss led to the fall of Singapore to the Japanese and the end of British supremacy in the Far East.

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Author:   Arthur Nicholson ,  Sir Henry Leach, GCB, DL
Publisher:   The History Press Ltd
Imprint:   The History Press Ltd
Edition:   UK ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780750939485


ISBN 10:   0750939486
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   17 February 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

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Arthur Nicholson is a practicing lawyer and a graduate of the Georgetown University Foreign Service where he studied International politics and history. He has been interested in warships and naval history since childhood, and worked as a volunteer with historians and veterans at the National Museum of the Pacific War. Arthur lives in San Antonio, Texas, USA, This is his first book.

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