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Simon Read

Biography

Simon Read

Simon Read is the author of nine works of nonfiction published on both sides of the Atlantic. His writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Publisher’s Weekly and Time. Three of his previous books, including WINSTON CHURCHILL REPORTING, have been optioned for movie and television adaptation. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

Simon Read

Books by Simon Read

The Iron Sea: How the Allies Hunted and Destroyed Hitler's Warships
by Simon Read - History, Nonfiction

Hitler's four capital warships --- Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Tirpitz and Bismarck, the largest warship on the ocean --- threatened the Allied war effort, sending thousands of men to the icy depths of the North Atlantic. Bristling with guns and steeled in heavy armor, these reapers of the sea could outrun and outgun any battleship in the Allied arsenal. The campaign against Hitler's surface fleet would continue into the dying days of World War II and involve everything from massive warships engaged in bloody, fire-drenched battle to daring commando raids in German-occupied harbors. This is the fast-paced story of the Allied bomber crews, brave sailors and bold commandoes who "sunk the Bismarck" and won a hard-fought victory over Hitler's iron sea.