Scharnhorst and Gneisenau

A detailed account of naval warfare against the Royal Navy off the coast of Norway and the war against Allied commerce from the German perspective.

In February 1942, six Swordfish armed with torpedoes encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire in the English Channel and were shot down but not before two torpedoes were launched at a German battleship sailing at high speed. This attack was part of a wider British effort to stop the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau from making their way back to ...