1st Edition

German Capital Ships and Raiders in World War II Volume II: From Scharnhorst to Tirpitz, 1942-1944

Copyright 2002
    220 Pages
    by Routledge

    220 Pages
    by Routledge

    This volume is a compendium of four Battle Summaries or Naval Staff Histories produced soon after the war by the Naval Historical Branch of the Admiralty. Originally classified and designed for internal use only, these histories are published here for the first time. The documents in this book cover the actions that resulted in the sinking or immobilising of the German warships "Bismarck" and "Graf Spee", and records the struggle to rid the seas of the meance of the armed merchant raiders.

    Frank Cass is reprinting Admiralty Naval Staff Histories under the general editorship of the Head of Naval Historical Branch. German capital ships and commerce raiders are covered in two volumes, from Graf Spee to Bismarck, and Scharnhorst to Tirpitz. These Second World War operational reports, written by the Navy for the Navy, are a primary resource for historians.

    - Ships Telegraph



    "excellently produced by Frank Cass......makes available to a wider readership Admiralty domcuments which are a major contribution to the study of Second World War naval operations"

    - Ships Telegraph

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