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Heavy Cruisers of the Admiral Hipper Class: The Admiral Hipper, Blucher, Prince Eugen, Seydlitz and Lutzow

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Great historical value, but I must admit for the price I expected far more detail. It does have a good set of reference photos, particularly for the historian and modeller, as the Prinz Eugen had somewhat of a distinguished career being a partner to the Bismarck and a A-bomb Test bed for the USA. It does lack good line drawings and interior detail for the Class which I would expect for the price.

This book is an outstanding book about the little known German Warship Admiral Hipper which went on to survive World War Two. Only to be destroyed in the Bikini Island Atomic Bomb Test as so many other captured ships from that conflict were. Shame when you consider that these ships could have been GREAT show pieces of living history had they not been so carelesly abused. The only set back I find with this volume. Is that Mr. Gephard writes a great deal about the specifics of the ship. weight, speed, design, what not. And a little about her History. So this particular volume of the many he wrote. Is more like a statisical look at the ship. And not so much as a story line. Altho packed with a wealth of information? It beccomes bogged down in tech Jargon. When so much more coukld have written about her battle history. Of course this book is not just about the Admiral Hipper. But rather an over view of all the ships in her class. I hope mr. Gephard will write another book based more along the lines of his other books like The Bismark and the Tirpitz. he is an outstanding writer and is very knowledgable. But the statistics? cloud the picture and get in the way of the Life of this Warship.
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