The Tirpitz’ Specifications. 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 ...

Indeed, by this time, the Tirpitz had her giant 380-millimeter guns and faster-firing 15-centimeter guns modified to serve as long-range air-defense artillery. The Royal Navy doubled down with ...

Indeed, by this time, the Tirpitz had her giant 380-millimeter guns and faster-firing 15-centimeter guns modified to serve as long-range air-defense artillery. The Royal Navy doubled down with ...

Bismarck and Tirpitz were Nazi Germany's most imposing warships, and the Allies hunted them across the North Atlantic. ... The guns could fire shells weighing some 1,700 pounds over 20 miles.

After the Tirpitz was commissioned into the war in 1941, Kriegsmarine Grand Admiral Erich Raeder decided that it be sent to Norway, which had been successfully occupied by the Nazis the previous year.

A 1944 photo of the Tirpitz Bunker in Blåvand, Denmark. Blavandshuk Lokalhistorieske Arkiv/YouTube The bunker was designed to house two towers containing two 111-ton naval guns each.

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 ...

Each gun had a crew of eleven men. After training we became very good and were credited with two bombers shot down. In December 1943 I joined the Navy and after six weeks initial training I was ...