It was a frigid December night in the Arctic Sea. Aboard the Scharnhorst, the forecast of harsh weather had everyone on edge.

It’s December 1943. The intrepid German battleship Scharnhorst sails through the freezing cold waters of the Barents’ Sea, ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Scharnhorst remained at Kiel for most of 1942. In early 1943, it proceeded to Norway where it operated as part of a “fleet in being” with Prinz Eugen, Tirpitz (the ...

Summary: The Treaty of Versailles imposed severe restrictions on the German navy, leading to the innovative design of pocket battleships to circumvent these limitations. These ships, though effective ...

Captain Larry Taylor, who has died aged 102, was navigator of the destroyer Savage at the Battle of the North Cape on Boxing Day 1943, and Director of Marine Services after the war. Savage was part of ...