Following the sinking of hms Hood in May 1941, the Royal Navy launched one of the largest naval hunts in history. The German ...

Following the sinking of hms Hood in May 1941, the Royal Navy launched one of the largest naval hunts in history. The German ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Scharnhorst was one of the world’s most famous battleships, but its strategic impact was limited. The Kriegsmarine never threatened Royal Navy control of the North ...

Summary: In a direct confrontation, the Montana-class and its superior firepower and defense capabilities would likely have led to a victory over the Bismarck, despite the German ship’s slight speed ...

The Navy was gradually getting the better of U-boats in the Atlantic. At the same time the first chill of autumn, bringing intermittent fogs, marked the opening of better weather for submarines. But ...

On September 15, 1944, a 23 year-old Lancaster bomber pilot named Lawrence Goodman set off with his squadron on an ambitious mission: to drop a 12,000 pound bomb known as the “Tallboy” on German ...

The Imperial German Navy was, in large part, the creation of two men: Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941) and Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930.) The Kaiser’s mother was an English princess ...