Victory at Sea - Kriegsmarine

The Kriegsmarine was not a navy designed to tackle a major fleet head-on in engagements – it was primarily a commerce raiding force.

The Kriegsmarine had several powerful cruisers at its disposal, including what the British called ‘pocket battleships’ mounting heavier guns than a ship of their displacement normally would. The destroyers of the Kriegsmarine were excellent vessels, ship-for-ship they were a match for any destroyer afloat. German capital ships, such as the Scharnhorst, tied up large elements of the Royal Navy in case they took to open water and caused havoc amongst merchant convoys.

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Victory at Sea Kriegsmarine fleet
[countdown]2020/08/29 0:0:00[/countdown] The Kriegsmarine had to be virtually rebuilt after the First World War. Forbidden to own capital ships and submarines, Germany nibbled away at first one clause of the Treaty of Versailles, then another, until a powerful navy force existed. At the outbreak...

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Victory at Sea: Kriegsmarine Aircraft
With carriers planned but not built, Germany’s airpower was limited to launching from airfields far from open water. As such, they were mainly deployed against ships close to mainland Europe. Despite this, the Luftwaffe dive-bombers proved devastatingly effective against Allied ships. Focke-Wulf FW 200...

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Victory at Sea: Cruisers - Admiral Graf Spee & Admiral Scheer
The Deutschland-class of warships were relatively small, by battleship standards, but were well armoured and carried the type of armament traditionally seen only on battleships. This led to them being nicknamed ‘pocket battleships’. Superb commerce raiders, the Admiral Scheer successfully plied the Atlantic and...

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Victory at Sea: Schleswig-Holstein
The pre-dreadnaught era Schelswig-Holstein enjoyed the dubious privilege of firing the opening shots of World War Two. Her barrage of the Westerplatte in Gdansk heralded the start of the German attack on the city. She was scuttled in March 1945, and some of her...

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Victory at Sea - Graf Zeppelin
Though laid down and launched before the start of the war, the Graf Zeppelin was never completed or commissioned, and it never saw action. Whilst four aircraft carriers of the class had originally been planned, constant in-fighting between the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe, as well...

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Victory at Sea: Tirpitz
Sister ship to the Bismarck, the Tirpitz was 2,000 tons heavier and thus the heaviest warship to have ever been produced by a European navy. She served in Norway and the Baltic Fleet acting as a potent deterrent. The Tirpitz became an obsession for...

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Victory at Sea - Gneisenau
While serving as commerce raiders, the Scharnhorst-class Battleships (or battlecruisers), Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were responsible for sinking over 105,000 tons of allied shipping in a single cruise. The two ships operated together for much of the early portion of the war, including sorties into...

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Victory at Sea - Scharnhorst
The German capital ship Scharnhorst was the lead of her two ship class, launching in October 1936. She was armed with a main battery of nine 28cm C/34 guns in three triple turrets. Though plans were drawn up to 38cm guns, these plans were...

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Victory at Sea - Type 1936A Destroyers
The Type 1936 was a large and very powerful design mounting 5.9-inch guns, based on the general layout of the Type 1934. The intended twin turrets were not available in time, so planned armament was reduced to single mounts in some positions. As with...

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Victory at Sea - Admiral Hipper
Admiral Franz von Hipper was commander of the German battlecruiser squadron of the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and subsequently became commander-in-chief of the German high seas fleet. It was for him that Admiral Hipper was named, the lead ship of her class. Admiral...

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Victory at Sea - Koln
Köln was the third of the Königsberg-class of light cruiser, operating between 1929 and 1945, initially under the Reichsmarine and subsequently the Kriegsmarine. In the 1930s she served as a training vessel for cadets, but the outbreak of World War Two saw her conducting...

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Victory at Sea - Blücher
Blücher was named for Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who lead the Prussians to victory at Waterloo. She was the second of the Admiral Hipper-class of heavy cruisers, completed shortly after the outbreak of World War II. She was assigned to the task force supporting...

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Victory at Sea - Konigsberg
The lead ship of her class, Königsberg had a similar operational history to that of her sister ships like Köln (see above), operating as a training vessel until the outset of World War Two. She spent the early part of the war laying defensive...

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Victory at Sea - Prinz Eugen
The third of the Admiral-Hipper-class of heavy cruisers, Prinz Eugen was named for Prince Eugene of Savoy, and 18th century Austrian general. She saw action during the German operation Rheinübung of 1941, in which, along with Bismarck, she attempted to breakout into the Atlantic...

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Victory at Sea: Bismarck
[countdown]2020/08/29 0:0:00[/countdown] Two Bismarck-class battleships were built for the Kriegsmarine. Bismarck was the first, named for the Chancellor (Otto von Bismarck). The battleship was laid down in July 1936 and launched February 1939. She and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were two of the largest...

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Victory at Sea - Emden
Emden was the first new warship built in Germany after World War One. Her design followed that of German World War One-era cruisers, with her 5.9-inch guns in individual mounts rather than turrets. She served primarily as a training vessel and was the first...

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Victory at Sea - Karlsruhe
Sometimes called the K-class, these vessels were built to limits specified in the Treaty of Versailles. However, this had an impact on their structural integrity, and they did not endure long-distance voyages as well as had been hoped. The unusual triple three-gun turret design...

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Victory at Sea - Liner
During the 1920s and 1930s, liners plied the seaways as the ultimate symbol of travel luxury. After September 1939, many were requisitioned and served as fast troop transports, carrying thousands of troops across the globe. Contains one resin & metal vessel, with game aids....

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Victory at Sea - Troop Ship
While the big liners represented the glamorous end of conveying armies around the globe (if such a word can be applied to those duties) smaller cargo liners performed as valuable a role carrying both troops and supplies. Contains one resin & metal vessel, with...

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Victory at Sea - Leipzig
The Leipzig and Nürnberg were improved versions of the K-class, being the only two vessels in the Leipzig-class of light cruisers. During WWII she she performed escort duties for warships in the Baltic and North seas where she and her sister ship, Nürnburg were...

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