Battle of the Barents Sea
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The Battle of the Barents Sea was a World War II naval engagement on 31 December 1942 between warships of the German Navy and British ships escorting Convoy JW 51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR. The actio
Battle of the Barents Sea Irwin J. Kappes, 2009
Battle of the Barents Sea
Erich Raeder with Adolf Hitler shortly after he resigned from his post of commander in chief of the Navy in 1943
Admiral Hipper was the lead ship of the Admiral Hipper class of heavy cruisers which served with Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in
Battle of the Barents Sea
…and Operation FB, the routing of single ships to Russia, had provided no opportunity to begin the operation. The force comprised the heavy cruisers Admiral Hipper and Lützow and the destroyers Friedrich Eckoldt, Richard Beitzen, Theodor Riedel, Z29, Z30 and Z31. Convoy JW 51B sailed from Loch Ewe on 22 December…
Admiral Hipper in 1939
Recognition drawing of an Admiral Hipper-class cruiser
Admiral Hipper during fitting-out in 1937
Admiral Hipper loading mountain troops in Cuxhaven