The Nazi Navy's Plan Z Was Made To Terrorize World War II Allied Shipping
Warfare History Network
History, Europe
The German Navy’s surface raiders harried Allied shipping through much of World War II.
On the nights of August 21 and 24, 1939, two dark ships slipped out of the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven and turned west toward the English Channel. Forty-eight hours later they were well out into the broad Atlantic Ocean, safe from prying British eyes. They were two of the Kriegsmarine’s most innovative warships, the compact but powerful pocket... Читать дальше...