Frank Cass is reprinting Admiralty Naval Staff Histories under the general editorship of the Head of Naval Historical Branch. German capital ships and commerce raiders are covered in two volumes, from Graf Spee to Bismarck, and Scharnhorst to Tirpitz. These Second World War operational reports, written by the Navy for the Navy, are a primary resource for historians. - Ships Telegraph "excellently produced by Frank Cass.makes available to a wider readership Admiralty domcuments which are a major contribution to the study of Second World War naval operations" - Ships Telegraph.