![]() ![]() In fulfilment of the peace treaty, the Navy was to be hacked down to impotency. Subsequently, any new German warship had to replace a ship condemned for scrap drawn from a list of the most modem remaining after the scuttling. The scuttling of the High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919 was a direct consequence of the dictated terms of the Versailles Peace Treaty. The Wehrgesetz (Armed Forces Law) was passed on 23 March 1921. On 16 April 1919 the German Admiralty was instructed to set up a ‘Provisional Reichsmarine’, this measure being legitimised by the elected Reichstag on 30July 1920. Overall this is a very impressive history of a fairly unimpressive set of warships.”- Read more The text is supported by an excellent collection of plans and photographs. Two were lost in the 1940 Norway campaign, but the remainder survived for most of the conflict. They were primarily intended for commerce-raiding, but the war gave them few opportunities for such employment, although they did provide useful support for key naval operations in the Baltic and North Sea. ![]() This volume is devoted to the six ships from Emden to Nürnberg that were built between the wars. These have been out of print for ten years or more and are now much sought after by enthusiasts and collectors, so this new modestly priced reprint of the series will be widely welcomed. Each contains an account of the development of a particular class, a detailed description of the ships, with full technical details, and an outline of their service, heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps and a substantial collection of photographs. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships it is difficult to beat a series of six volumes written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. ![]() The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them. “An immensely interesting look” at the Emden, Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Köln, Leipzig, and Nürnberg ships “from drawing board to destiny” ( War History Online). ![]()
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