The Battle of North Cape in December 1943 was the last major surface battle between battleships in World War II. It took place in the Arctic when the German battleship Scharnhorst attempted to attack Allied convoys supplying the Soviet Union. The Royal Navy, fully aware of the threat, set a trap.
British cruisers first made contact, slowing Scharnhorst and damaging its radar. Then the battleship HMS Duke of York closed in during darkness and freezing weather. After a brutal fight, British gunfire and torpedo attacks overwhelmed Scharnhorst, which sank with most of its crew. The battle ended Germany’s surface threat in the Arctic and confirmed that, by late 1943, German big ships were hunted relics rather than game-changers.
British cruisers first made contact, slowing Scharnhorst and damaging its radar. Then the battleship HMS Duke of York closed in during darkness and freezing weather. After a brutal fight, British gunfire and torpedo attacks overwhelmed Scharnhorst, which sank with most of its crew. The battle ended Germany’s surface threat in the Arctic and confirmed that, by late 1943, German big ships were hunted relics rather than game-changers.
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