Name: Bismarck. Germany's Last Great Battleship (en Inglés)
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Author: Stephen Carrington
ISBN: 9798197042903

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Bismarck. Germany's Last Great Battleship (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Independently published

Autor

Stephen Carrington

Año

2026

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

168

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

21.6x14x0.9 cm

ISBN13

9798197042903

Bismarck. Germany's Last Great Battleship (en Inglés)

Stephen Carrington (Autor) · Independently published · Tapa Blanda

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In Bismarck: Germany's Last Great Battleship, Stephen Carrington tells the story of the battleship that became one of the most famous warships ever built and one of the most hunted vessels in naval history. From the collapse of Imperial Germany after the First World War to the storm-lashed waters of the North Atlantic in May 1941, the Bismarck emerged as far more than a battleship. It became the product of German industrial ambition, naval rivalry, technological innovation, and the rapidly changing nature of modern warfare at sea.

Drawing on wartime records, naval reports, operational accounts, engineering history, and survivor testimony, Carrington follows the ship from its origins in the rearmament of the Kriegsmarine through its design, construction, sea trials, and final Atlantic operation. He explores the strategic pressures that shaped the battleship's creation, the immense industrial effort required to build it, and the dramatic campaign that culminated in the destruction of HMS Hood, the relentless pursuit across the Atlantic, and the final battle west of France. Along the way, the book examines the realities of battleship warfare in an age increasingly dominated by aircraft, reconnaissance networks, and industrialized global conflict.

More than the story of a single warship, this book examines the end of an era. Massive, heavily armored, and built to project national power across the oceans, Bismarck stood at the pinnacle of battleship design even as the age of the battleship itself began to fade. Its brief and violent career remains one of the defining naval stories of the Second World War and one of the enduring symbols of twentieth-century warfare at sea.