A Pictorial History Of A German Pocket Battleship Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee 1934 1939 Battle Of The River Plate Wednesday 13 December 1939

Author : Graham James Beeson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780473105297
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Pictorial History of a German Pocket Battleship Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee 1934-1939, Battle of the River Plate, Wednesday 13 December 1939 written by Graham James Beeson and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stefan Draminski
Publisher : Top Drawings
ISBN 13 : 9788364596308
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The German Pocket Battleship Admiral Graf Spee written by Stefan Draminski and published by Top Drawings. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Deutschland-class ships were the first heavy vessels of the German Navy after the First World War. In Germany they were classified as "Panzerschiffe", but in other countries the term "pocket battleships" was very popular. The third and last vessel of this class was Admiral Graf Spee. She was laid down on 1 October 1932, launched on 30 June 1934 and commissioned on 6 January 1936. During the Spanish Civil War the ship patrolled coastal waters of this country. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, on 21 August 1939 the ship steamed out for the Atlantic. From 26 September she was fighting Allied shipping, sinking nine British vessels. On the morning of 13 December Graf Spee encountered a group of Allied warships (the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter and light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles) near South American coast. The gun battle that ensued went to the history as the Battle of the River Plate. Both the Exeter and her German enemy were damaged during the course of the engagement. The commander of Graf Spee, Kapitän zur See Hans Langsdorff decided to break off the battle and enter the nearby port of Montevideo in Uruguay. According to the international law the German corsair could not stay in a neutral port longer than 72 hours. Convinced that massive British forces were concentrating in the vicinity and hence the escape was impossible, Langsdorf decided to save the crew and scuttle the ship. On 17 December Admiral Graf Spee steamed to the roadstead and there the explosive charges were fired. The German ship sunk in shallow waters and her commander shot himself three days later in a hotel in Buenos Aires. The wreckage was penetrated even during the war by British divers in order to recover more valuable items and obtain information about German technology. In the post-war years many single parts of the ship were recovered.

Author : Eric Grove
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113528329X
Total Pages : 353 pages
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Download or read book German Capital Ships and Raiders in World War II written by Eric Grove and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comnpendium volume of three Battle Summaries or Naval Staff Histories produced soon after the war by the Naval Historical Branch of the Admiralty. Originally classified and designed for internal use only, these histories are published here for the first time. The documents in this book cover the actions during the period 1939-1941 that resulted in the sinking or immobilising of the German Warships Birsmark and Graf Spee, and record the struggle to rid the seas of the menace of the armed merchants raiders.

Author : Gerhard Koop
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pocket Battleships of the Deutschland Class written by Gerhard Koop and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes detailed statistics and the career history of the Deutschland, Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee.

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780966644
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Pocket Battleships 1939–45 written by Gordon Williamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the end of World War I, the German Navy came up with the concept of the Panzerschiffe, or Pocket Battleship, as a method of circumventing treaty limitations on the size and types of ship Germany was permitted to build. New, more modern production methods, where welded construction prevailed over the older riveting process, were combined with the development of modern engines capable of fast speeds and a very powerful armament, far superior to that on any enemy Cruisers. This book covers these three sister ships, the 'Deutschland', the 'Admiral Graf Spee' and the 'Admiral Scheer', which formed the core of the Kriegsmarine's fighting power at the start of World War II.

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780966180
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Pocket Battleships 1939–45 written by Gordon Williamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the end of World War I, the German Navy came up with the concept of the Panzerschiffe, or Pocket Battleship, as a method of circumventing treaty limitations on the size and types of ship Germany was permitted to build. New, more modern production methods, where welded construction prevailed over the older riveting process, were combined with the development of modern engines capable of fast speeds and a very powerful armament, far superior to that on any enemy Cruisers. This book covers these three sister ships, the 'Deutschland', the 'Admiral Graf Spee' and the 'Admiral Scheer', which formed the core of the Kriegsmarine's fighting power at the start of World War II.

Author : Siegfried Breyer
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780887401831
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pocket Battleship "Admiral Graf Spee" written by Siegfried Breyer and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1989 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a 48 page volume that includes line drawings, photographs, and charts.

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Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714652832
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Capital Ships and Raiders in World War II: From Scharnhorst to Tirpitz, 1942-1944 written by and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compendium volume of three Battle Summaries or Naval Staff Histories. The documents in this book cover the actions during the period 1939-1941 that resulted in the sinking of the German warships Bismark and Graf Spee.

Author : Edward P. Von der Porten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pictorial History of the German Navy in World War II written by Edward P. Von der Porten and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jak P. Mallmann Showell
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Navy Handbook, 1939-1945 written by Jak P. Mallmann Showell and published by Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synonymous with such infamous battleships as the Bismarck, Scharnhorst and Tirpitz, the German Navy (or Reichsmarine) was renamed the Kriegsmarine in 1935, shortly after the emergence of the Nazi State, and went through a major re-organization in 1939. During World War II, it became a much-feared adversary both on and beneath the high seas, with its marauding U-boat wolf packs coming close to defeating Britain in the Battle of the Atlantic. The author of this text examines the different roles of the Fleet, and its organization and training activities during the war years. Incidents and operations are described, together with technical data for ships, U-boats and their weaponry. A guide to German Navy uniforms and insignia is included, together with full details of rank structure and specialist trades.