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This category is for cruisers designed, built, or operated by Germany during World War II (1939–1945).
Most of the armored and light cruisers saw action in World War I, in all of the major theaters of the conflict. Their service ranged from commerce raiding patrols on the open ocean to the fleet engagements in the North Sea such as the Battle of Jutland.
3 paź 2023 · Interwar and WW2 German Navy Cruisers: From Reichsmarine vintage ships to 1940 and Z plan projects, as well as a tech & tactical analysis.
Deutschland was the lead ship of her class of heavy cruisers (often termed pocket battleships) which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. Ordered by the Weimar government for the Reichsmarine, she was laid down at the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel in February 1929 and completed by April 1933.
9 mar 2023 · KMS Hipper and her sister ships were the first and only heavy cruiser class ever built by Germany. They were enabled by the 1935 Anglo-German naval agreement and were intended still as commerce raiders and to screen for battleships, but cheating on tonnage.
28 lut 2021 · These ships were mostly made famous by the Graf Spee in the southern Atlantic, in the first naval battle of ww2, at the river plate in 1939. She somewhat eclipsed the other two: Scheer and Deutschland (later renamed Lützow).
19 gru 2023 · Prinz Eugen, a major asset of Germany’s Kriegsmarine during World War II, was an Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser known for its robust design and formidable armament. It played a pivotal role in Operation Rheinübung, particularly in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, where it fought alongside the battleship Bismarck against British naval forces.
