German Pocket Battleships 1939-45

AftertheendofWorldWarI,theGermanNavycameupwiththeconceptofthePanzerschiffe,orPocketBattleship,asamethodofcircumventingtreatylimitationsonthesizeandtypesofshipGermanywaspermittedtobuild.New,moremodernproductionmethods,whereweldedconstructionprevailedovertheolderrivetingprocess,werecombinedwiththedevelopmentofmodernenginescapableoffastspeedsandaverypowerfularmament,farsuperiortothatonanyenemyCruisers.Thisbookcoversthesethreesisterships,the‘Deutschland’,the‘AdmiralGrafSpee’andthe‘AdmiralScheer’,whichformedthecoreoftheKriegsmarine'sfightingpoweratthestartofWorldWarII.