![]() But when World War II broke out, aircraft carriers would dominate naval warfare, and none of these monster warships were completed. Rijk geïllustreerd met foto's en tekeningen (z/w en kleur)Īt the start of World War II the battleship was still king, and all the major powers were designing even mightier battleships to surpass their most modern and powerful classes. The 'Scharnhorst' had a successful career until her sinking at the battle of the North Cape, and the 'Gneisenau' with her ignominious end as a block-ship.īismarck's short but glorious career and Tirpitz's lonely vigil in Norway's distant Fjords until sunk by RAF bombers using the massive 'Tallboy' bombs are also covered.Ĭontents: introduction - The Dreadnoughts - The Scharnhorst class - The Bismarck class - Fire control - rangefinding - Radar - Colour plate commentary - Index. The 'Schlesien' and 'Schleswig-Hostein' were used mostly as training ships until the end of the war when they took part in bombardment of Soviet troop movements in East Prussia. In this, the first of a five volume series covering the capital ships of the German Navy of World War II, Gordon Williamson examines the design, development and operational use of the battleships used by the Kriegsmarine.
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