Description: Operation Tungsten aimed to neutralize the threat of Battleship Tirpitz to Allied convoys and strategic redeployment. Motivated by fears of Tirpitz's potential attacks on vital supply ...
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 ...