Battleships of the Bismarck Class: Bismarck and Tirpitz : Culmination and Finale of German Battleship Construction (Hardcover)

~ Bernard Koop (Author), Klaus-Peter Schmolke (Author), Geoffrey Brooks (Translator)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 159 pages
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557500495
• ISBN-13: 978-1557500496
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,189,511 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best review on the Bismarck Class., June 5, 1999

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This book adds very little by way of new knowledge to the existing information that is available on the Bismarck Class in a variety of other texts. The fine photographs are the text's main plus, although the diagrams and internal schematics are too small to be of much use. The design criteria and historical context discussion, what little there is, reflects some degree of revisionism via its use of often observed critisms of the Bismarck Class' design vs those used by other powers during WWII. Nonetheless, this discussion is not well detailed with regard to a host of specifics, most notably a detailed review of the ship's immune zones vs certain shells at specified ranges. All and all, some fine photography, but very little new information.