Battleships of the Bismarck Class : Bismarck and Tirpitz : culmination and finale of German battleship construction / Gerhard Koop and Klaus-Peter Schmolke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koop, Gerhard, author.

Schmolke, Klaus-Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Battleships--Design and construction.

Battleships.

Battleships--Germany--History--20th century.

Bismarck (Battleship).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, [South Yorkshire, England] : Seaforth, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships it is difficult to beat a series of six volumes written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Each contains an account of the development of a particular class, a detailed description of the ships, with full technical details, and an outline of their service, heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps and a

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Development and Construction""; ""Bismarck Class: Technical Layout""; ""Scale Plans""; ""The Battleship Bismarck""; ""Origin of the Name: Otto Furst von Bismarck""; ""The Battleship Tirpitz""; ""Origin of the Name: Grossadmiral Alfred von Tirpitz""; ""Conclusions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Ships""; ""About the Authors""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 24, 2015).

ISBN:

9781473846913

1473846919

9781473846692

1473846692

OCLC:

916952772