Key Point: The Tirpitz may have been an inglorious kind of success for having forced the Allies to divert such disproportionate resources to contain and eventually destroy her. At 3 AM on the morning ...
The Tirpitz was the follow-on sistership of the notorious Bismarck, a monster battleship designed from the get-go to vastly exceed the tonnage-limitations stipulated by the Washington Naval treaty ...
My father's account of HMS Belfast and the Bombing of the Tirpitz [All spellings are as in the original document] 30th March 1944 A nice day with warm sunshine. We put to sea at 1110 and with us is ...
In September 1943, a daring midget submarine attack by Royal Navy volunteers succeeded in crippling the mighty German battleship, Tirpitz. Dr Eric Grove examines the mission, including evidence that ...
When the British guns began to fire, the Germans knew the game was up. As SMS Dresden took on water, its crew jumped ship. One of the last to abandon the vessel was a colossal pig, launching herself ...
Nazi Germany's two Bismarck-class battleships were the most imposing it built during World War II. The threat they posed to convoys and warships made them a special target for the Allies. British ...
The Tirpitz was the pride of the Nazi navy, the Kriegsmarine. Bigger and younger than her famous sister battleship Bismarck, but built along the same sleek lines and armed with the same formidable ...
An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link During World War II, about 200 concrete bunkers for Nazi soldiers were built along the Danish coast. Denmark's largest was the Tirpitz Bunker, ...