{"product_id":"9781911295464","title":"Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom","description":"\u003cem\u003e26 May 1941. After a bloody chase lasting more than 1,700 miles, Britain's Home Fleet is finally closing in on the world's most powerful battleship. \u003cp\u003eThere will be a fight to the finish between more than 5,000 men of the Royal Navy and 2,600 servicemen of Hitler's Kriegsmarine. Thousands will die...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished here for the first time, alongside a compelling narrative of the final 24 hours of the mission to sink the Nazi ship, are eyewitness accounts of Royal Navy sailors who saw the combat up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventy-five years on from the epic mission to destroy the flagship of Hitler's navy, these testimonies are the product of a unique project by Iain Ballantyne. Over a period of several years he interviewed a select group of surviving veterans in the UK and one in Canada, with transcripts of those remarkable on-camera interviews forming the basis of the exciting first-person stories that unfold here. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese final testimonies provide fresh insight into one of World War Two's most dramatic events.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ipso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043933503728,"sku":"9781911295464","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911295464_p0.jpg?v=1763629954","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911295464","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}