Gary Staff

German Battleships 1914-18 (2) (eBook, PDF)

Kaiser, König and Bayern classes
Illustrator: Wright, Paul

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The design and development of the key dreadnought classes for the German Imperial Navy and their deployment in World War I, including the great clash of dreadnoughts at the Battle of Jutland and operations in the Baltic.

Supported by official documents, personal accounts, official drawings and specially commissioned artwork, this is an informative history of the key classes Kaiser, König and Bayern that formed the backbone of the German Imperial Navy throughout World War I.

Gary Staff details the technological revolution that had taken place to enable the building of these large dreadnought classes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849082860
• Artikelnr.: 38361305

Autorenporträt

Gary Staff has had a life-long passion for the history of the German Imperial Navy and has translated many contemporary and original documents on the subject. He contributed to a Channel 4 documentary on Jutland, exploring the Imperial Navy's experience of the battle.

Paul Wright has painted ships of all kinds for most of his career, specialising in steel and steam warships from the late 19th century to the present day. A Member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, Paul lives and works in Surrey.