A marvel of German engineering, the Bismarck-class battleship Tirpitz was designed to project power and challenge the British Royal Navy’s command of the High Seas. Displacing over 42,000 tons ...

to drop a 12,000 pound bomb known as the “Tallboy” on German battleship Tirpitz. The Corning Museum of Glass The Incredible Flying Car of the 1950s National Treasure: The History of the Lie ...

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.