Battleships "Bismarck" "Tirpitz". All about the super battleships of the Third Reich
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Battleships "Bismarck" "Tirpitz". All about the super battleships of the Third Reich
24.99 €
The pride of the Third Reich, the most powerful warships of the Kriegsmarine with 380-mm main caliber artillery, 320-mm armor and a speed of more than 30 knots, they caused a lot of trouble to the Allies, becoming the real trump cards of Hitler's naval policy. The very fact of existence of these super battleships had a huge impact on the balance of power in Europe and constrained the actions of the Allied fleets for several years of the war ... "Bismarck" died in the first battle in May 1941, but the hunt for her became legendary: detected from the air and caught up in the Danish Straits by the main forces of the British fleet, "Bismarck" sank the line cruiser "Hood", twenty years epitomized the power of the Royal Navy, almost escaping from pursuit was seriously damaged by deck torpedo-bombers, fought off destroyers, withstood the fire of two battleships, literally riddled it with shells, and the last fatal blow torpedoes to him struck a heavy cruiser (in the waters of the Atlantic found their grave 2106 sailors super battleship). "Tirpitz" outlived his counterpart for three and a half years and was sunk off the coast of Norway by British aviation, used super-powerful 5.5-ton bombs designed to destroy underground structures ... In the book by leading naval historians the reader will find comprehensive information about the creation, design, armament, painting, modernization, combat service and death of the legendary super battleships Kriegsmarine. The publication is illustrated with unique drawings and photographs.
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