German Navy Books

Weyers: 1971 Germany, softcover, 470 pages, illustrated. Serving as an authoritative naval recognition guide, this pocket yearbook provides a comprehensive snapshot of the world's warships and naval fleets during the height of the Cold...

Kurschner, Joseph: 1907 Hansa Hamburg, hardcover, 632 pages, illustrated. Armee und Marine compiled by Joseph Kürschner (and continued by J.L. Algermissen) serves as a comprehensive, illustrated reference encyclopedia detailing the...

Waldeyer-Harts, von: 1919 Berlin, softcover 39 pages. Written by the ship's commander Hugo von Waldeyer-Hartz, this 1919 firsthand account documents the dramatic events aboard the battleship SMS Schlesien during the outbreak of the...

Barts, Max: 1941 Wilhelm Limpert Berlin, softcover, 72 pages, illustrated. Max Bartsch's 1941 pocketbook, Was man über die Kriegsschiffs-Typen wissen muß, served as a technical recognition guide for the German Navy to identify...

Collective: 1935 Mittler Berlin, hardcover, 268 pages, illustrated. Published by the Reich Ministry of War in 1935, this manual served as the fundamental training guide for German naval recruits during the transition to the Kriegsmarine....

Collective: 1941 Germany, hardcover, 493 pages, illustrated. a military-naval yearbook published during World War II under the direction of Admiral Gottfried Hansen on behalf of the German Navy. The volume provides a comprehensive,...

Collective: 1942 Mittler Germany, hardcover, 395 pages, illustrated. military-naval yearbook published during World War II under the direction of Admiral Gottfried Hansen on behalf of the German Navy. The volume provides a comprehensive,...

Terzibaschitsch, S: 1982 Bernard und Grabe Verlag München, hardcover with dustjacket, together 852 pages with 658 photos, 212 detailed drawings, deck- en side profile etc.. An in-depth examination of the United States Navy, focusing on...

Forstner, G.G. Frhr.: 1937 Leipzig, hardcover, 423 pages, illustrated. In Das Kampfschicksal der deutschen Flotte im Weltkrieg, former U-boat commander Georg-Günther von Forstner provides a detailed, firsthand perspective on the...

Graf Luckner: 2001 Koehler Verlag, Hardcover with dust jacket 260 pages, with photos. the autobiographical memoir of Count Felix von Luckner, detailing his transition from a runaway youth to a celebrated German naval officer during World...

Rohr, A: 1974 Stalling, hardcover with dust jacket, 264 pages. A comprehensive chronology of German naval history from its early beginnings to the Federal Republic era. The book provides a detailed timeline of events in German maritime...

Breyer, S. and G. Koop: 1978 Bernard und Graefe Verlag München, hardcover without dustjacket 482 pages. All the ships with photos, plans details. A comprehensive reference work detailing the technical characteristics and operational...

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...