In The Iron Sea, Simon Read takes readers into true stories of anti-Nazi swashbuckling adventure.

This is a recounting of the bloody and complicated allied effort to sink the four major German battleships of World War II; Tirpitz, Gneisenau, Scharnhorst, and Bismarck. Read’s book is an exciting read. His narrative easily accessible and representative of obvious passion for the subject. But there’s no doubt that this is a history book of depth and sourcing rather than excited embellishment. Relying on official reports, eyewitness testimony, and order of battle details, the Iron Sea illuminates the battles which broke the back of Germany’s power projection fleet.