German Capital Ships of the Second World War - Couverture rigide

Breyer, Siegfried; Skwiot, Miroslaw Zbigniew

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1848321430 ISBN 13 : 9781848321434

Editeur : Seaforth Publishing, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Few warship types have had as much written about them as the Kriegsmarine s capital ships Deutschland, Admiral Scheer, Graf Spee, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Bismarck and Tirpitz continue to generate intense interest among warship enthusiasts, despite the fact that no new source of information has been unearthed in decades. What has come to light, however, is a growing number of photographs, many from private albums and some that lay forgotten in obscure archives. These include many close-ups and onboard shots, of great value to modelmakers, and rare action photos taken during wartime operations. This book is a careful selection of the best of these, but on a grand scale, with around 100 images devoted to each ship, allowing in-depth coverage of its whole career, from launching and fitting out to whatever fate the war had waiting for it. For sake of completeness, there are even sections reproducing the various design studies that led to each class, while an appendix covers the uncompleted Graf Zeppelin, Germany s only attempt to build an aircraft carrier, the type that during the war clearly displaced the battleship as the capital ship of the world s navies. Essays on the technical background and design origins by the well-known expert Siegfried Breyer and explanatory captions by Miroslaw Skwiot draw out the full significance of this magnificent collection of photos.

Biographie de l'auteur

The late SIEGFRIED BREYER was one of the world s greatest experts on German warship design and the author of many well regarded books. His collaborator, MIROSLAW SKWIOT, has also written widely on naval subjects, his most recent work being German Naval Guns 1939-1945, published by Seaforth in 2011.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Seaforth Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1848321430
• ISBN 13: 9781848321434
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 432