The company Rheinübung was an operation by the German Navy in naval warfare of World War II, the operation should increase the pressure on the supply transports to the British Isles and support the U-boat war. In the course of the company at two naval battles of the British battle cruiser HMS Hood and the [...]
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Operation Rheinübung
November 24th, 2012 
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No Comments »Altmark Incident
October 20th, 2012 admin Altmark accident, which occurred February 16, 1940, consisted in boarding by the British destroyer HMS Cossack, the German tanker Altmark, which was carrying about 300 prisoners of war, the accident occurred in Jøssingfjord, i.e. in territorial waters of the then-neutral Norway and was the casus belli after which Hitler intended to start Operation Weserübung (Unternehmen [...]
Posted in 1940, Atlantic Campaign, Campaigns of World War II, Timeline Tags: erich raeder, hms cossack, prisoners of war No Comments »Battle of the Atlantic
September 9th, 2012 admin The Battle of the Atlantic, a term coined in 1941 by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill, was the naval and air campaign that lasted longer and with greater continuity throughout the Second World War. Started at the same time the start of hostilities, lasted until the surrender ofGermany, reaching its peak, [...]
Posted in 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, Atlantic Campaign, Campaigns of World War II, Timeline Tags: merchant ship, second world war, u boat No Comments »
