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Operation Weserübung - the assault on Denmark and Norway
In the winter, Swedish iron ore was transported by rail to Narvik, Norway, and from there by German ships under the protection of Norwegian territorial waters to Germany. Maintaining this connection was vital for German industry. Norway was also an excellent base for submarines, ships and air force ...
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Overview of the activities of the battle cruiser Gneisenau
From launching to scrapping
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Overview of the activities of the battle cruiser Scharnhorst
From launching to the discovery of a sunken wreck
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Overview of the activities of the battleship Bismarck
From launching to the discovery of a sunken wreck
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The battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz
The Bismarck-class battleships ( Bismarck and Tirpitz ) were the largest, most beautiful, and most perfect ships the German Navy had ever had. At the same time, they were the largest ships on the European battlefield and the largest ships in the world, up to the status of Japanese Yamato-class ships ( Yamato and Musashi ) and American Iowa-class ships ( Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, Wisconsin ).
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The Downing Of The U-2
In 1958 and 1959, reconnaissance flights over the Soviet Union took place only sporadically. Eisenhower was constantly worried that overflights could provoke the Soviets to react, and perhaps even start World War III. Beginning in 1959, the Soviets fired U-2s with their SA-2 ground-to-air missiles, and some came dangerously close. The question of the size of the Soviet arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles still remained unanswered.