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Originally Posted by bfisher
The Murmansk convoys took horrendous losses. Besides the U-boats, there were aerial attacks from Norway plus the possibility of a sortie by the battleships Tirpitz and Scharnhorst
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I thought that the main port was Murmansk, but there was some doubt there, so I left it out. I don't remember what province that the city was in; I'm curious as to whether or not the Nazi's ever controlled it.
Aerial attacks came from Norway . . . . another piece of information that I didn't know. May I clarify something? Norway was not friends with Nazi Germany--the country was _occupied_ by the Nazi's at that time. That allowed the Nazi's to make the flights from Norwegian soil. At least one of the two ships--Scharnhortz or Tirpitz--were moored on the Norwegian coastER. Personally, I have to believe that it was because it/they wouldn't have stood a chance against Allied attacks by their ships out on the open water--official records might say otherwise. To get us back on topic a little bit, the Nazi's might not have liked having the presence of Soviet submarines around, either.
The Brits had an answer in basically using the ship for bombing practice. They ended up dropping a 1,000 lb. "Tall Boy" bomb dead center on the ship. I need not say any more.
So much to learn . . . .