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The Deutschland, Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee were revolutionary warships when they first appeared in the 1930’s and proved formidable opponents in World War II. This valuable reference book, in the same format as the successful Battleships of the Bismark Class and Battleships of the Scharnhorst Class, traces the development of the class and charts its wartime career. Detailed statistical information is included alongside the career history of each individual vessel, supplemented by primary sources, extracts from the ships’ logs and official battle reports. The text is supported by illustrations throughout: technical plans, camouflage drawings and hundreds of previously unpublished photographs. The ships, with the displacement of a cruiser and the armament of a battleship, proved their worth in World War II. The Deutschland operated against merchant ships in the Atlantic and, renamed Lutzow, undertook anti-convoy operations in the Arctic and was scuttled in 1945 to prevent her falling into the hands of the Soviets. The Admiral Scheer raided the South Atlantic before being relegated to the Baltic and serving, in 1945, as floating artillery against the Red Army. The Admiral Graf Spee had the most dramatic career of the class, raiding the South Atlantic until, after the Battle of the River Plate, scuttling off Montevideo.

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Product Code:	4141
Author:	Gerhard Koop and Klaus-Peter Schmolke; translated by Geoffrey Brooks
ISBN:	1-85367-402-8
Format:	Publishing date March 2000 224pp, 352 photos, 45 diagrams and maps, hb.
Shipping Time:	Usually despatched within 7 Days
Our Price:	£37.50

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