Dr Martin Stephen books

Scapegoat: The Death of Prince of Wales and Repulse

It was the second unit to be commissioned in 1941, King George V having completed on 1 October 1940. From the outset they were seen as being outclassed by the bigger German Bismarck and Tirpitz. Churchill complained that the fact of three KGVs being needed to offset Tirpitz was, ‘… a serious refl...