Had London simply taken a step back and realized the Germans were disinterested in deploying the Tirpitz from its Norwegian redoubt, they probably could have avoided many mistakes.

The Dam Buster Bombers Set Their Sights on Hitler’s Last Battleship| On September 15, 1944, a 23 year-old Lancaster bomber pilot named Lawrence Goodman set off with his squadron on an ambitious ...

Operation Chariot, as the raid was codenamed, had a simple aim – to destroy the dry dock and thus deny the German battleship Tirpitz a safe haven on the Atlantic coast of France. There were many ...

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 ... and complex optical fire-control systems. And ...

This preemptive strike was intended to deny the Germans of a dock big enough to service the German battleship Tirpitz. The British did not want it to enter the Atlantic; they had learnt their ...

In World War II, the greatest threat to the British Navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. Being anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack it with any chance of success.

Based on an actual incident in WWII, this tale follows the efforts of three naval officers to destroy the German battleship Tirpitz, which holds a seemingly impregnable position in a Norwegian fjord.

Launched in 1939 and commissioned in 1941, the Tirpitz was one of the largest battleships ever built ... the ships of the convoy vulnerable to the German U-Boats prowling the North Sea.