1939 ⟶ Deutschland Ordered to Return Home
Hitler, worried on one side by the protests received by the ...
Year
1939
🚢 Deutschland Ordered to Return Home
Hitler, worried on one side by the protests received by the American and Norwegian governments, and on the other by the danger of losing a warship with such a prestigious name, orders the Deutschland to return home.⟶
GermanyWarshipDeutschlandPropagandaWorld War IINaval WarfareInternational RelationsHitlerNaval Strategy
🚢 Hitler Orders Pocket Battleships to Atlantic
Hitler orders the Deutschland-class_cruiser" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-blue-600 hover:underline dark:text-gray-300 dark:underline dark:hover:text-gray-100">pocket battleships Deutschland and Admiral Graf Spee to go on a long-range rampage in the Atlantic against allied shipping, the former going to the Northern Atlantic and the latter to the Southern.⟶
GermanyAtlantic OceanPocket BattleshipsAdmiral Graf SpeeDeutschlandShippingNaval WarfareU-boatsWorld War IIWarfare
🚢 Deutschland Returns to Port
The Deutschland arrives home at Gotenhafen, after having only sunk two ships and caught one.⟶
Germanywarshipmerchant raiderAtlanticnaval warfareKriegsmarinecommerce raidingGotenhafenlimited success