Key Point: The Tirpitz may have been an inglorious kind of success for having forced the Allies to divert such disproportionate resources to contain and eventually destroy her. At 3 AM on the morning ...

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 ...

Als Schwesterschiff der legendären Bismarck lasteten nicht wenige Hoffnung auf der Tirpitz. Immerhin hatte sie eine zusätzlichen Modernisierungen erhalten, bedingt durch diverse Verzögerungen in der ...

The battleship Tirpitz, Germany’s largest and warship of WWII, was an enormous threat to Allied naval operations. In response, the Allies launched multiple missions that led to its destruction: ...

In 1943, the German battleship Tirpitz loomed as a constant threat to Allied convoys in the Arctic. Too well-defended for a conventional assault, the Royal Navy turned to a daring plan—sending X-class ...

The scars of World War II are still visible today. A new study out looks at how Nazis warped Norwegian trees with poisonous gas to mask one of the largest battleships built for the conflict. Launched ...

Nazi Germany's two Bismarck-class battleships were the most imposing it built during World War II. The threat they posed to convoys and warships made them a special target for the Allies. British ...

Had Neptune risen from the vasty deep last week and climbed the tribune of the German Reichstag wearing a double nannygoat beard, the sensation could scarcely have exceeded that caused by the “maiden ...

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