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(EN) Episode 71 - Pocket battleships of the Deutschland-class

(EN) Episode 71 - Pocket battleships of the Deutschland-class

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This episode is about the Deutschland-class armored ships — the
Admiral Graf Spee, the Admiral Scheer, and the Deutschland, which
was renamed Lützow during World War II. Technically, they aren't
battleships, so they don't quite fit into this series about
battleships. But they aren't really battlecruisers or heavy
cruisers either. I'm including them in the battleship category
anyway because:

1.) With their 28 cm guns, they had battleship-like armament,
even if it was on the smaller end of the scale.

2.) They were nicknamed "pocket battleships" by the Western
Allies.

And 3.) They replaced the Braunschweig-class battleships.

Are these reasons good enough? Maybe, maybe not. But anyway —
here's the episode.

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