Books by Daniel Knowles

1945: a mushroom cloud rises 20,000 feet into the sky. This is not from the bombing of Hiroshima or Nagasaki. It is the remains of the battleship 'Yamato'. Representing the ambition and determination of Imperial Japan, the loss of the 'Yamato' in a kamikaze operation in April 1945 has become a symbol of the downfall of the Imperial Japanese Empire.

The Author would like to dedicate this book in memory to all of those Firefighter's who have given their lives before him and will do so in the future.Daniel Knowles served over 60 years as a Montgomery County, MD Firefighter. During this time, he had the opportunity and good fortune to work and ride with many other Fire and Rescue Companies, including several of the elite Rescue Units in New York City.

This book charts the story of what is perhaps the Royal Navy's most famous warship. This book looks at the legacy of Jutland and how it played a part in the design of the Hood before looking at the career of his iconic warship-the highs and the lows from the world cruise of the early 1920s to the mutinies at Invergordon and at Christmas 1940.