The Tirpitz was named for Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the architect of the Kaiserliche Marine, or Imperial Navy. Laid down at the Kriegsmarinewerft in Wilhelmshaven, the Tirpitz was constructed ...

Had London simply taken a step back and realized the Germans were disinterested in deploying the Tirpitz from its Norwegian redoubt, they probably could have avoided many mistakes. A marvel of German ...

In 1943, the German battleship Tirpitz loomed as a constant threat to Allied convoys in the Arctic. Too well-defended for a conventional assault, the Royal Navy turned to a daring plan—sending X-class ...

Had Neptune risen from the vasty deep last week and climbed the tribune of the German Reichstag wearing a double nannygoat beard, the sensation could scarcely have exceeded that caused by the “maiden ...

Obsessed with “game-changing” Wunderwaffen (“wonder weapons”) Adolf Hitler squandered vast resources on the development and construction of monster war machines that proved to have little operational ...

Launched in 1939 and commissioned in 1941, the Tirpitz was one of the largest battleships ever built by Germany. Its main armament consisted of eight 15-inch guns mounted in four twin turrets, capable ...