Operation Catechism marked the decisive end to the menace of the German battleship Tirpitz during World War 2. On November 12, 1944, 29 Royal Air Force heavy Avro Lancaster bombers orchestrated a ...

Once launched, the Tirpitz became the target of relentless Allied attempts to neutralize it before it could threaten convoys in the North Atlantic. From daring sabotage missions using human torpedoes ...