1939 ⟶ German Battleships Sent to Disrupt Shipping

The German battleships Gneisenau and the Scharnhorst are sen...
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🚢 German Battleships Sent to Disrupt Shipping

The Scharnhorst-class_battleship" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-blue-600 hover:underline dark:text-gray-300 dark:underline dark:hover:text-gray-100">German battleships Gneisenau and the Scharnhorst are sent out to relieve pressure on the Admiral Graf Spee by bringing havoc on the shipping routes.⟶
German Battleships Sent to Disrupt Shipping (1939)
Germanynavybattleshipsnaval warfareAtlanticshippingGneisenauScharnhorstWWII

🚢 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.⟶
Hitler Orders Pocket Battleships to Atlantic (1939)
GermanyAtlantic OceanPocket BattleshipsAdmiral Graf SpeeDeutschlandShippingNaval WarfareU-boatsWorld War IIWarfare

💥 German Battleships Sink HMS Rawalpindi

The Scharnhorst-class_battleship" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-blue-600 hover:underline dark:text-gray-300 dark:underline dark:hover:text-gray-100">German battleships Gneisenau and the Scharnhorst sink the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Rawalpindi between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. About 270 crewmen die, while only 38 survive.⟶
German Battleships Sink HMS Rawalpindi (1939)
Germanynavybattleshipsnaval warfareHMS RawalpindiIcelandFaroe IslandsWWII

🚢 German U-boat Sinks Greek Steamer

German submarine U-44 torpedoes and sinks Greek steamer Ekatontarchos Dracoulis off Portugal at 04:15, killing 6. U-44 had been hunting for Ekatontarchos Dracoulis for the past 6 hours.⟶
GermanyU-boatAtlanticNaval WarfareShippingPortugalEkatontarchos Dracoulis

💥 German Battleships Sink HMS Glorious and Destroyers

German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst sink the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and two destroyers off Norway; the British ships have had no air cover.⟶
German Battleships Sink HMS Glorious and Destroyers (1940)
Naval BattleAtlanticKriegsmarineRoyal NavyAircraft CarrierNorwayMilitaryWar at SeaGneisenauScharnhorst