{"product_id":"9781803997131-scharnhorst","title":"Scharnhorst","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of the destruction of the Scharnhorst and the clandestine activities around the German naval base in northern Norway are interwoven with the author's personal account of how he finally succeeded in locating and filming the wreck of the battle cruiser.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe powerful German battlecruiser \u003cem\u003eScharnhorst\u003c\/em\u003e was stalked and engaged on 26 December 1943 by a superior Allied naval task force off the North Cape of Norway.\u003c\/strong\u003e In pitch darkness and mountainous seas, British warships, led by HMS \u003cem\u003eDuke of York\u003c\/em\u003e and HMS \u003cem\u003eBelfast\u003c\/em\u003e, engaged the \u003cem\u003eScharnhorst\u003c\/em\u003e in a clash of the titans that saw the pride of the German Navy sent to the bottom of the Barents Sea. Of the 1,972 men on board, only 36 were saved. It was the last battle to be fought in the Atlantic between capital ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2000, the Norwegian writer and investigative journalist Alf R. Jacobsen led the expedition that found and filmed the wreck of the \u003cem\u003eScharnhorst\u003c\/em\u003e, 300 metres down in the freezing ocean inside the Arctic Circle. In \u003cem\u003eScharnhorst\u003c\/em\u003e, he brings together the compelling story of this important naval engagement and his personal account of how he finally succeeded in locating and filming the wreck of the ill-fated battlecruiser.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41602648277089,"sku":"9781803997131","price":12.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30103673_bca8dcfa-387b-4e8d-ae44-f1efcf0d65c5.jpg?v=1744898953","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781803997131-scharnhorst","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}