| Entry Text: | KOOP, Gerhard, & SCHMOLKE, Klaus-Peter. Battleships of the Scharnhorst Class. The Scharnhorst and Gneisenau: The Backbone of the German Surface Forces at the Outbreak of War. 175p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Greenhill; Annapolis: NIP, 1999. ISBN: 185367365X. An excellent heavily illustrated reference work, which combines detailed design description with operational histories and a critical analysis of design and performance. Reprinted by Seaforth in 2014 (ISBN: 9781848321922). |
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