|
|
The King George V was commissioned in 1940. Along with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, was the most heavily armoured warship in the world and began service as the flag ship of the Home Fleet.
The King George V joined Rodney, the Dorsetshire and the Norfork in the attack on the Bismarck and on 26th May 1941. It played an important role in sinking Germany's largest battleship when it set her ablaze with a series of hits from 14,000 yards.
In May 1943 the King George V began operations in the Mediterranean and fought in the later stages of the Pacific War. In 1945 it took part in the bombardment of the Japanese mainland.
Forum Debates
Second World War Discussions
Second World War: Questions for Historians
History Debates
Controversial Issues in History
Available from Amazon
Educational Websites
Standards Site, BBC History, PBS Online, Open Directory Project, Virtual Library,
Education Forum, History GCSE, Design & Technology, Learn History, Music Teacher Resource,
Freepedia, Teach It, Science Active, Geography IST, Brighton Photographers, Sussex Photo History,
Compton History, Universal Teacher, English Teaching, English Online, History Learning Site,
History on the Net, Black History, Greenfield History, School History, Active History, I Love History,
E-HELP, Ed Podesta Blog, Macgregorish History, Historiasiglo20, Sintermeerten, ICT4LT |
News and Search
Guardian Unlimited, Times Online, Daily Telegraph, The Independent, New York Times,
Washington Post, BBC, CNN, Yahoo News, New Scientist, Google News, Channel 4, ZDNet,
Google, Excite, Yahoo, MSN, Lycos, AOL Search, Hotbot, Metacrawler, Netscape, Ask, Search,
Go, Looksmart, Dogpile, Raging Search, All the Web, Kartoo, Search Engine Watch, About
|
|
|
|
