This is a ship biography of a major vessel in the WW2 Kriegsmarine. Interesting, and sensational text, but not well mapped. The ship was launched in 1936, and had a livelier career than Bismarck. It was sunk by a force led by the Battleship HMS Duke of York off North Cape Dec. 26th, 1943. Busch was a journalist who did well during the Nazi era, publishing several books then, and afterwards successfully negotiated the de-nazification process. ( )