Pocket Battleships of the Deutschland Class; Deutschland/Lutzow; Admiral Scheer; Admiral Graf Spee

Klaus-Peter Schmolke Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2014. First U.S. Edition. Presumed first printing thus. Trade Paperback. 224 pages. Illustrations (photographs, diagrams). Front and back cover have flaps. Includes Foreword, Introduction, Data, Armour, Armament, Fire Control and Radar, Machinery, Refits, Scale Plans, Conclusions, Bibliography, and Index of Ships. This is part of the Warships of the Kriegsmarine series. A short biography of the personality after whom each ship was named is followed by a comprehensive selection of photographs, preference being given to those rarely seen previously or appearing in a publication for the first time. Gerhard Koop served in the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War and then in the postwar Federal German Navy until his retirement in 1981. He was a widely published author on naval technology and maritime historical subjects, as well as translating many English-language navel books into German. Perhaps his greatest achievement was a series of six volume--of which this is one--covering the major surface warships to the wartime German navy. The three Panzerschiffe--'armour-clad ships'--of the Deutschland class were the first heavy units to be built by Germany after World War I, and they replaced obsolete pre-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Navy under the provisions of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. This classic work is widely regarded as the best concise history of the development, design details, and careers of the revolutionary German panzerschiffe that came to be known as "pocket battleships''. This volume covers the three ships of a design so revolutionary that it defied conventional categories. Deutschland (later renamed Lützow), Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee were simply termed panzerschiffe (armored ships) by the Germans, but they were known to their opponents by the far more evocative term Pocket Battleships. The book is an essential reference work on the famous trio of German commerce-raiders, is superbly illustrated throughout with over 400 photographs, plans, and maps, and contains the detailed service history of all three ships--Deutschland/Lutzow, Admiral Scheer, and Admiral Graf Spee. The warships of the World War II German Navy are among the most popular subjects in naval history, and one of the best collections is the concise but authoritative six volume series written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Each book 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, and are heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps and a substantial collection of photographs. Condition: Very good.

Keywords: Germany, Warships, Armour-Clad Ships, Panzerschiffe, Pocket Battleships, Technical Data, Technical Specifications, Armor, Armament, Fire Control, Radar, Scale Plans, Graf Spee, Admiral Scheer

ISBN: 9781591141655

[Book #79721]

Price: $100.00

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