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 Bismarck’s terrifying effectiveness led the Royal Navy to make the battleship’s destruction their main goal in the early phase of the war. Long before the rise of Adolf Hitler’s blood-soaked Nazi ...

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 ...