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 ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Scharnhorst was one of the world’s most famous battleships, but its strategic impact was limited. The Kriegsmarine never threatened Royal Navy control of the North ...

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 ...

Key point: 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 Versailles drastically ...

The story of Germany's Great Battleships during the Second World War. With graphic recollections from veterans of the 'Kriegsmarine', this film depicts the rise during Hitler's Naval Expansion program ...

In 1945, the Kriegsmarine dispatched its last operational ships in the Mediterranean on a desperate mining mission. The three ...

Deep in the Arctic, the German battleship Scharnhorst hunted an Allied convoy under the cover of icy darkness. The thick fog and howling winds neutralized the massive firepower of HMS Duke of York, ...

At the outbreak of war, the strength of the German Navy was not adequate for the needs of a major war, although they did achieve some remarkable results during the early years of the conflict; they ...

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 ...