A deadly face-to-face in a fjord
Nov 16, 2020
3 minutes
BROWN, DAVID:
NAVAL OPERATIONS
OF THE CAMPAIGN IN
NORWAY (ROUTLEDGE)
In March 1940, the German navy, the Kriegsmarine, sent the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, escorted by 10 destroyers, as the spearhead of Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway. The Royal Navy tried to engage the invaders, but were largely unsuccessful.
A few days later, however, the destroyer HMS Glowworm achieved legendary status when she attacked the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and two destroyers. Before she was lost, she slammed into the hull of the and damaged the engine room.
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