Follow the exciting history of Hitler's last battleship in this book, the largest book ever written on about the ship. All operations and attacks are ilustrated with photos, maps and drawings. The book also contains cetailed specifications, technical drawings of guns, camouflage schemes and for the first time, 3-D drawings of Tirpitz. Every type of aircraft that participated in attacks on the ship are ilustrated with photos and colour profiles, for the first time including the Soviet attack on Tirpitz in February 1944. The bookcontains some 390 photos about 150 of which have never been published before. The technicaldrawings have taken more than 4 eyars to research and make and are the most accurate drawings available. Furthermore, the book contains a list of all casualities suffered onboard the ship as well as allied aircrew who lost their lives during the bombing raids on Tirpitz in 1942. Extensive chapters on Bardufoss airfield and what really happened there when Tirpitz was sunk are included. The everyday life onboard has not been forgotten, an entire chapter is devoted to personal photos and stories from the Tirpitz as related by the verterans themselves.

If you are interested in local history, general war history, technical details, sea warfare or if you are a modeller looking for inspiration you'll find something of interest in this book about Tirpitz, Hitler's last battleship.