German Navy Books

Backer, Steve: 2011 UK, softcover, 64 pages, illustrated with photos, drawings and plans. This book provides an in-depth reference guide for ship modelers and naval enthusiasts focusing on Germany’s famous World War II sister...

Caresse, P: 2012 Lela Presse France, hardcover, 190 pages, illustrated with photos, maps, design drawings. This French-language book offers an extensive technical and historical study of Germany's most famous World War II battleship,...

Koop, G. and P. Schmolke: 2014 Seaforth UK, softcover 175 pages, with photos and plans. History and design. Battleships of the Scharnhorst Class The Scharnhorst and Gneisenau is a concise but authoritative study of the design history,...

Caresse, P: 2005 Lela Presse France, hardcover, 224 pages, illustrated + Folding-out plans. Le croiseur de bataille Scharnhorst retrace the career of the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst, combining operational history with technical...

Trojca, Waldemar: 2011 Germany, hardcover, 134 pages, illustrated. Scharnhorst by Waldemar Trojca is a heavily illustrated monograph on the German battleship Scharnhorst, combining a concise design and development history with extensive...

Koop, G. and K.P. Schmolke: 2014 Seaforth UK, softcover 208 pages, with many photos. Battleships of the Bismarck Class; Bismarck and Tirpitz is a compact but authoritative study of the design, construction and service careers of the...

Breyer, S. und G. Koop: 1996 Deutschland, Hardcover, 143 pages. Schlachtschiff Bismarck. Eine technikgeschichtliche Dokumentation is Siegfried Breyer’s detailed technical study of the battleship Bismarck, focusing on design,...

Groner, E: 1966 Lehmann München, hardcover, together 870 pages, illustrated. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945, Band 1 + 2 by Erich Gröner are the volumes that covers German torpedo craft and destroyers, including early torpedo...

Busch, F.O. and G. Ramlow: 1941 Berlin, hardcover, 161 pages, illustrated. "Macht auf dem Meer" (1941) by Fritz Otto Busch and Gerhard Ramlow is a illustrated German historical and naval work that details the growth, technology, and...

Giese: 1941 Berlin, softcover 85 pages, with illustrations. Die Kriegsmarine ruft by Giese is a propagandistic work from the Third Reich period that idealizes the German navy through upbeat narratives, recruitment ‑ style stories and...

Weyer, B: 1976, reprint of 1900 edition, hardcover, 210 pages, illustrated. Weyer 1900 is a facsimile reprint of the famous early twentieth ‑ century Weyer naval reference, listing the warships of the world’s fleets around 1900 with...

Neudeck, Georg and H. Schroder: Kiel 1902, 480 pages, illustrated. Das kleine buch von der Marine, eind handbuch alles wissenswerten uber die deutsche flotte, mit 4 karten, 798 abbildungen, Das kleine Buch von der Marine is a compact...

Neudeck, Georg and H. Schroder: Kiel 1907, 572 pages, illustrated. Das kleine buch von der Marine, eind handbuch alles wissenswerten uber die deutsche flotte, mit 4 karten, 798 abbildungen, Das kleine Buch von der Marine is a compact...

Dohm, A: 1939 Berlin, first edition, hardcover with dust jacket, 359 pages, illustrated. Geschwader Spee by Arno Dohm is a historical account of the German cruiser squadron under Admiral Maximilian von Spee in the First World War,...

Rohr, A: 1963 Hamburg, hardcover, 219 pages. A comprehensive Chronologically guide to the history of the German navy. The book, which includes a foreword by Vice Admiral Friedrich Ruge, provides an in-depth examination of German naval...

Fock, H: 1985 Mittler, hardcover with dust jacket, with photos. Vom Zarenadler zum Roten Stern by Fock is a German naval history study on the transformation of the Russian fleet from the Tsarist era to the Soviet Navy, focusing on ships,...

Roehle, R: 1916, hardcover, 112 pages, with photos. Kriegsfahrten unseres Kreuzergeschwaders by Roehle is a German World War I naval narrative for young readers, describing the wartime voyages and actions of a German cruiser squadron in...

Collective: 1940 Berlin Mittler, softcover, 145 pages, illustrated. Leitfaden für den Dienstunterricht in der Kriegsmarine. Die Maschinenanlage is a technical training manual of the German navy that explains the design, layout and...

Hadeler, W: 1968 Darmstadt, hardcover, 615 pages illustrated. Wilhelm Hadeler's 1968 publication Kriegsschiffbau (Part A: Theory/Design, Part B: Construction/Equipment) serves as a comprehensive technical guide to naval architecture and...

Ruge, Friedrich: 1956 Koehler Germany, hardcover, 324 pages, with maps. Der Seekrieg 1939 –1945 is Friedrich Ruge’s analytical history of the naval war in the Second World War, covering operations in the Atlantic, Arctic, Mediterranean...

Siegfried Breyer: 1986 Friedberg. hardcover with dustjacket 192 pages. Die deutsche Kriegsmarine 1935 –1945, Band 2 covers German destroyers, torpedo boats, small combat craft, auxiliary vessels and coastal artillery, giving each class...

Groner, E: 1954 Munchen, softcover 120 pages, with all ships by name and all the information, also mutations as sold, or sank. With 228 small detailed drawings of the ship. Die Schiffe der deutschen Kriegsmarine und Luftwaffe 1939-45 und...

Werner, B. von: 1889 Brockhaus Leipzig, zweite auflage, hardcover, 592 pages, with illustrations and folding-out map. Ein deutsches Kriegsschiff in der Südsee by Werner is a narrative account of a German warship operating in the South...

Busch, F.O.: 1998 Germany, hardcover, 335 pages. Klarschiff zum Gefecht. Feindfahrten deutscher Kriegsschiffe auf den Meeren der Welt is a popular history volume by Fritz-Otto Busch and co ‑ authors, recounting combat patrols and...