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Author: Niklas Zetterling ,
Michael Tamelander
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.662kg
ISBN: 9781935149040
ISBN 10: 1935149040
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 26 May 2009
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
...a thorough treatment, including material from interviews with survivors of their sinkings and the impact they had on the naval war in the Atlantic. Rivista Aeronautica Beautifully written, exhaustively researched and a mine of thought provoking insight...this is not just the best military history book I've read for a many a year but the best book full-stop. Essential. Buy it. ModelArmour November A fresh look at the life and death of the most famous German warship of World War II. NYMAS essential background and new historical insights make otherwise inexplicable elements of the Bismarck story much clearer, without diminishing the drama of the epic sea chase and its vivid, human details. WORLD WAR II MAGAZINE outstanding book about naval warfare...real time, you are there style that conveys all of the anxiety of actual combat at sea. WWII HISTORY MAGAZINE ... a very interesting and useful history ...once you start... you will be very hard pressed to stop until the smoke has cleared and the ship is sunk. INTERNET MODELER ...unable to put it down...I highly recommend this book for anyone that likes the study of naval battles or just wants to read about an action-packed sea battle. IPMS A fresh look at the life and death of the most famous German warship of World War II...a very good read... STRATEGY PAGE ...a thorough treatment, including material from interviews with survivors of their sinkings and the impact they had on the naval war in the Atlantic. SEAPOWER
...a thorough treatment, including material from interviews with survivors of their sinkings and the impact they had on the naval war in the Atlantic. * Seapower * Beautifully written, exhaustively researched and a mine of thought provoking insight...this is not just the best military history book I've read for a many a year but the best book full-stop. Essential. Buy it. * ModelArmour November * A fresh look at the life and death of the most famous German warship of World War II. * NYMAS * essential background and new historical insights make otherwise inexplicable elements of the Bismarck story much clearer, without diminishing the drama of the epic sea chase and its vivid, human details. * WORLD WAR II MAGAZINE * outstanding book about naval warfare...real time, you are there style that conveys all of the anxiety of actual combat at sea. * WWII HISTORY MAGAZINE * ... a very interesting and useful history ...once you start... you will be very hard pressed to stop until the smoke has cleared and the ship is sunk. * INTERNET MODELER * ...unable to put it down...I highly recommend this book for anyone that likes the study of naval battles or just wants to read about an action-packed sea battle. * IPMS * A fresh look at the life and death of the most famous German warship of World War II...a very good read... * STRATEGY PAGE * ...a thorough treatment, including material from interviews with survivors of their sinkings and the impact they had on the naval war in the Atlantic. * SEAPOWER *
Author Information
Niklas Zetterling, a researcher at the Swedish Defense College, is most recently co-author of The Korsun Pocket: The Encirclement and Breakout of a German Army in the East, 1944. Together with Michael Tamelander, a part-time military author, they have written books about the battleship Tirpitz, the D-Day landings and the 1940 campaign in Norway.
