THE BISMARCK WAS TRULY an iconic vessel of the German navy, the first German battleship to be built and deployed at the beginning of World War Ⅱ. Its story is one of the epic tales of modern naval warfare but also one of tragedy given the number of fatalities on both the German and British sides. This book is encyclopedic in its coverage covering the design, construction, and battle history of the vessel, all placed in the context of the political and military conditions of the war. The authors draw on original documents from both German and British sources, interviews with survivors, the results of expeditions to the wreck, and previous books on the Bismarck. The authors have a long-standing in the history of the Bismarck, dating back to their student days in the 1960s.
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