On December 31st, 1942, six British destroyers charged directly at a German heavy cruiser and pocket battleship in the Arctic ...

The German battleship Bismarck after its completion but before it received its camouflage paint. Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Early in World War II, Nazi Germany used its navy to ...

During the invasion of Norway in 1940, the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper engaged the British destroyer HMS Glowworm. Knowing ...

On a stormy night in June 1941, a Bristol Beaufort, the RAF’s first monoplane torpedo bomber, roared through black clouds on the kind of daring mission it was designed for, attacking the German heavy ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: These ships were not too bad, but Berlin had limited resources. They weren’t as powerful as other warships and Nazi Germany didn’t build many of them. The Treaty of ...

Early in World War II, Nazi Germany used its navy to isolate Britain from resupply by sea. Germany capital ships, like the battleship Bismarck, were an important part of that strategy. But it was ...