Battleships of the Scharnhorst Class. The Scharnhorst and Gneisenau: The Backbone of the German Surface Forces at the Outbreak of War.
(Annapolis, MD): Naval Institute Press, (1999),
First English language edition. quarto, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (176)pp. Naval Institute Press, Item #34989
Translated from the German by Geoffrey Brooks. Extensively illustrated with black and white photographs, charts, scale plans and line drawings. "The Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau were a key part of Germany's struggle to wrest control of the sea at the outbreak of World War II. Each was superbly equipped and armed and designed to cause maximum disruption to Allied shipping. This... traces the development of the two hips, from inception before WWII to the scuttling of the Gneisenau in 1945 and the loss of the Scharnhorst (and nearly 2,000 officers and men) to Allied destroyers on 26 December 1943" (from dust jacket). An as new, clean copy, jacket not clipped.
Price: $70.00