The battleship Tirpitz, Germany’s largest and warship of WWII, was an enormous threat to Allied naval operations. In response, the Allies launched multiple missions that led to its destruction: ...

In 1943, the German battleship Tirpitz loomed as a constant threat to Allied convoys in the Arctic. Too well-defended for a conventional assault, the Royal Navy turned to a daring plan—sending X-class ...

Tirpitz’ “risk-fleet theory” was a debacle for Imperial Germany. But it could work for China—now playing the role of the United States during its turn-of-the-century rise to hemispheric eminence.