Operation Zenith — James Pattinson

Operation Zenith, designed as a propaganda exercise, appeals to Dr Goebbels who sells it to Hitler. Ten of the German navy's most highly trained men are required, and command of this task force falls to Captain Hans Brant, son of a naval hero, who longs to honour the name both of his father and the greatest navy in the world. He has instead to contend with Lieutenant Reger, a Nazi zealot. To add to the trouble this spells for Brant, some British ship's gunners seem hell-bent on thwarting the operation, whatever the cost in destruction and lives...