"The battleships of Hitler's navy challenged the enemy in the arctic blizzards of the Barents Sea and gave battle amongst the freezing mists and ice-floes of the Denmark Strait. They prowled the convoy routes of the North Atlantic and pushed beyond the Equator on raiding parties that took the swastika ensign from the inshore waters of Brazil and Uruguay to the coastline of West Africa. One, the Admiral Sheer, even penetrated as far as the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. They sank the battlecruiser Hood and the carrier Glorious. They destroyed an impressive number of merchant ships after firstly ensuring that the passengers and crews were safe. They humbled Britain's naval pride by breaking through the Dover Straits in broad daylight against all odds." "Yet not one of Germany's heavy ships was destined to survive the conflict. Two were sent to the bottom by the guns and torpedoes of the Royal Navy. Three fell victims to the bombs of the RAF and two were scuttled."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved