Why Hitler Scrapped His Whole Navy After British Destroyers Drove Off Two Heavy Cruisers
Britain At War
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On the last day of nineteen forty two, deep inside the Arctic Circle, five Royal Navy destroyers led by Captain Robert Sherbrooke in HMS Onslow stood between Arctic convoy JW 51B and two of Germany's most powerful warships, the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and the former pocket battleship Lützow. This WW2 naval history documentary tells the full story of the Battle of the Barents Sea, from the German operational orders that tied Vice Admiral Oskar Kummetz's hands, to Sherbrooke's daring torpedo bluff, the loss of HMS Achates and HMS Bramble, the arrival of Rear Admiral Robert Burnett's cruisers Sheffield and Jamaica, and the sinking of the destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt. It then follows the consequences all the way to the Wolf's Lair, where Hitler learned the result of his own naval operation from a British news broadcast, ordered the German surface fleet to be paid off, forced Grand Admiral Erich Raeder out of office and handed the Kriegsmarine to Karl Dönitz, a decision that shaped the fate of Scharnhorst and Tirpitz. Drawing on the Führer conference records, the Victoria Cross citation, Lützow's war diary and the memoir of the Northern Gem's coxswain, this is the story of why a small convoy escort action with modest losses changed the course of the war at sea, and why Royal Navy destroyer doctrine and the Nelsonian tradition of initiative proved stronger than armour and eleven inch guns. If you are interested in the Arctic convoys, Royal Navy destroyers, HMS Onslow, Captain Sherbrooke VC, the Kriegsmarine, the German surface fleet, PQ 17, the Battle of North Cape or Second World War naval battles in general, this documentary is for you. Subscribe for more untold stories of the Royal Navy and British military history in the Second World War.
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Why Hitler Scrapped His Whole Navy After British Destroyers Drove Off Two Heavy Cruisers
Britain At War
1,604 views
On the last day of nineteen forty two, deep inside the Arctic Circle, five Royal Navy destroyers led by Captain Robert Sherbrooke in HMS Onslow stood between Arctic convoy JW 51B and two of Germany's most powerful warships, the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and the former pocket battleship Lützow. This WW2 naval history documentary tells the full story of the Battle of the Barents Sea, from the German operational orders that tied Vice Admiral Oskar Kummetz's hands, to Sherbrooke's daring torpedo bluff, the loss of HMS Achates and HMS Bramble, the arrival of Rear Admiral Robert Burnett's cruisers Sheffield and Jamaica, and the sinking of the destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt. It then follows the consequences all the way to the Wolf's Lair, where Hitler learned the result of his own naval operation from a British news broadcast, ordered the German surface fleet to be paid off, forced Grand Admiral Erich Raeder out of office and handed the Kriegsmarine to Karl Dönitz, a decision that shaped the fate of Scharnhorst and Tirpitz. Drawing on the Führer conference records, the Victoria Cross citation, Lützow's war diary and the memoir of the Northern Gem's coxswain, this is the story of why a small convoy escort action with modest losses changed the course of the war at sea, and why Royal Navy destroyer doctrine and the Nelsonian tradition of initiative proved stronger than armour and eleven inch guns. If you are interested in the Arctic convoys, Royal Navy destroyers, HMS Onslow, Captain Sherbrooke VC, the Kriegsmarine, the German surface fleet, PQ 17, the Battle of North Cape or Second World War naval battles in general, this documentary is for you. Subscribe for more untold stories of the Royal Navy and British military history in the Second World War.