In November 1939, the new German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau left Wilhelmshaven on their first wartime sortie to draw Royal Navy forces away from other German operations in the Atlantic.
Scapa Flow, in the Scottish Orkney Islands, is reputed to be among the world’s best wreck diving for both its remarkable ...
Launched in 1939 and commissioned in 1941, the Tirpitz was one of the largest battleships ever built by Germany. Its main armament consisted of eight 15-inch guns mounted in four twin turrets, capable ...
Dönitz was right—the mere possibility of a German battleship sortie forced the Royal Navy to devote disproportionately large forces in reserve just to protect against the threat. This is a strategy ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of ...
FRANKFURT, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Two German warships are set to pass through the sensitive Taiwan Strait in the middle of this month, becoming the first German naval vessels to do so in 22 years, Spiegel ...
INCHEON, South Korea, Sept 6 (Reuters) - A rare cruise by two German warships in the Indo-Pacific region will demonstrate a commitment to open navigation, the admiral in charge of the naval task force ...