The Tirpitz was the follow-on sistership of the notorious Bismarck, a monster battleship designed from the get-go to vastly exceed the tonnage-limitations stipulated by the Washington Naval treaty ...

The sinking of Tirpitz was more than the loss of a battleship—it was a psychological blow to Nazi Germany. With the Arctic ...

The Tirpitz was named for Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the architect of the Kaiserliche Marine, or Imperial Navy. Laid down at the Kriegsmarinewerft in Wilhelmshaven, the Tirpitz was constructed ...

In September 1943, a daring midget submarine attack by Royal Navy volunteers succeeded in crippling the mighty German battleship, Tirpitz. Dr Eric Grove examines the mission, including evidence that ...

My father's account of HMS Belfast and the Bombing of the Tirpitz [All spellings are as in the original document] 30th March 1944 A nice day with warm sunshine. We put to sea at 1110 and with us is ...

Early on November 12, 1944, 29 Lancaster bombers of the British Royal Air Force took off from their bases in northern Scotland and headed to Norway. Their target was the German battleship Tripitz, ...

When the British guns began to fire, the Germans knew the game was up. As SMS Dresden took on water, its crew jumped ship. One of the last to abandon the vessel was a colossal pig, launching herself ...

During World War II, about 200 concrete bunkers for Nazi soldiers were built along the Danish coast. Denmark's largest was the Tirpitz Bunker, which measured 7,500 square feet and was located in ...

The Allies answered Tirpitz with daring covert attacks using human torpedoes and X-class mini-submarines. Operation Source ...