In the Wake of HMAS Sydney II
- ISBN-10
- 0859054934
- ISBN-13
- 9780859054935
- Category
- Cruisers (Warships)
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Author
- Bryan Clark
Description
Researched over a 15-year period by the former editor of The Gascoyne Telegraph and The Northern Times newspapers, Bryan Clark, this newly-released book is the only record of many of the now-deceased German survivors of the World War 11 raider, HSK Kormoran, which sunk the famous Australian cruiser, HMAS Sydney 11, off the West Australian coast on November 19, 1941, resulting in the deaths of 645 Australian naval personnel. The author, Bryan Clark, set himself the difficult task of tracing most of the key German survivors of the famous sea battle, most of whom were scattered all over the world. A few, surprisingly, had returned to Australia as immigrants, preferring life in this country to that of war-torn Europe. Bryan was strongly criticised at the time for approaching the Kormoran survivors to document their reminiscences because, as one critic put it: "Why ask them anything about it? They are only going to give you lies." Years later, once the Sydney-Kormoran wrecks were discovered in the depths of the Indian Ocean, and interest was revived, the author's research was proven to be invaluable, and this book contains much of the evidence in all its uncensored wonder. (Publisher)
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