Author(s): Gerhard Koop; Klaus-Peter Schmolke

Military History

The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the subject of this volume, were the product of a long, involved and politically determined design process that saw them develop from an improved pocket battleship to what many described as a battlecruiser, although they were really fast battleships.