Heavy Cruisers of the Admiral Hipper Class: The Admiral Hipper, Blucher, Prince Eugen, Seydlitz and Lutzow
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Book Overview
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. The first five volumes of this much sought after series are now available in paperback, with the sixth volume German Light Cruisers of World War II, planned for release in the fall of 2014. This volume covers the Admiral Hipper class, among the largest heavy cruisers to serve in World War II. Intended to be a class of five, they enjoyed contrasting fortunes: Seydlitz and L tzow were never completed; Bl cher was the first major German warship sunk in action; Admiral Hipper became one of the most successful commerce raiders of the war; while the Prinz Eugen survived to be expended as a target in one of the first American nuclear tests in 1946.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1591141680
ISBN13:9781591141686
Release Date:June 2014
Publisher:Naval Institute Press
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 7.4" x 9.4"
Customer Reviews
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Book was as advertised.
Published by Tate Carter , 1 year ago
The book is an excellent comprehensive history on all 5 Admiral Hipper class cruisers. There is a heavy emphasis on Admiral Hipper, and Prinz Eugen. These two ships have the most detailed reports and have a vast majority of the photos. I bought the book to study the second ship in the class, Blücher, and was surprised at the detailed report they gave of this ship despite its short service history. Overall the book is an easy read and is full of interesting information. If you are looking for photo references, this book has lots of good photos to use. Otherwise I don't have anything really negative to report. I can definitely recommend this book to those interesting in studying these 5 ships.
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