Militares

The last battleship of the German Kriegsmarine was ceremonially launched on 1 April 1939. After the failure of the operation Rheinübung and sinking of the battleship Bismarck during an Atlantic rally (May 1941) Hitler banned planning such operations. A decision to send Tirpitz to Norway was made. (...)

This vessel, which was to become the most famous Japanese aircraft carrier and the symbol of the might of the Imperial Japanese Navy aviation, was initially built as a battlecruiser. Only as the result of the resolutions of the Washington Naval Treaty the Akagi ( Red Castle , the name of a Japanese (...)