{"product_id":"sink-the-tirpitz-on-dvd-war-documentary-hitlers-beast","title":"Sink The Tirpitz on DVD, War Documentary, Hitler's Beast","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSink The Tirpitz Winston Churchill called her ‘Hitler’s Beast’. Launched in April 1939, the giant German battleship Tirpitz could out-fight anything in the Royal Navy. Using dramatic reconstructions, computer graphics and rare original footage Sink The Tirpitz tells the gripping story of the Allies’ attempts to destroy this awesome warship. Quite simply a brilliant documentary which without spilling the beans covers the invention of the TallBoy Bomb- A fascinating invention that\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e…… I wont say anymore- you simply must get this and watch is- truly gripping and mind bogglingly interesting!!!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSink The Tirpitz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas the second of two\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bismarck-class_battleship\" title=\"Bismarck-class battleship\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBismarck\u003c\/i\u003e-class\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battleship\" title=\"Battleship\"\u003ebattleships\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebuilt for\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" title=\"Nazi Germany\"\u003eNazi Germany\u003c\/a\u003e‘s\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kriegsmarine\" title=\"Kriegsmarine\"\u003eKriegsmarine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(navy) prior to and during the Second World War. Named after Grand Admiral\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfred_von_Tirpitz\" title=\"Alfred von Tirpitz\"\u003eAlfred von Tirpitz\u003c\/a\u003e, the architect of the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_German_Navy\" title=\"Imperial German Navy\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKaiserliche Marine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Imperial Navy), the ship was laid down at the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kriegsmarinewerft_Wilhelmshaven\" title=\"Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven\"\u003eKriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein November 1936 and her\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hull_(watercraft)\" title=\"Hull (watercraft)\"\u003ehull\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas launched two and a half years later. Work was completed in February 1941, when she was commissioned into the German fleet. Like her sister ship\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_battleship_Bismarck\" title=\"German battleship Bismarck\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBismarck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTirpitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas armed with a main battery of eight 38-centimetre (15 in)\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/38_cm_SK_C\/34_naval_gun\" title=\"38 cm SK C\/34 naval gun\"\u003eguns\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein four twin\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gun_turret\" title=\"Gun turret\"\u003eturrets\u003c\/a\u003e. After a series of wartime modifications she was 2000 tonnes heavier than\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBismarck\u003c\/i\u003e, making her the heaviest battleship ever built by a European navy.\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGarzke_\u0026amp;_Dulin203_5-0\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" title=\"[3]\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_battleship_Tirpitz#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGarzke_\u0026amp;_Dulin203-5\"\u003e[3]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter completing\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sea_trial\" title=\"Sea trial\"\u003esea trials\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein early 1941,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTirpitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebriefly served as the centrepiece of the Baltic Fleet, which was intended to prevent a possible break-out attempt by the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Baltic_Fleet#Great_Patriotic_War\" title=\"Soviet Baltic Fleet\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eSoviet Baltic Fleet\u003c\/a\u003e. In early 1942, the ship sailed to Norway to act as a deterrent against an Allied invasion. While stationed in Norway,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTirpitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas also intended to be used to intercept Allied convoys to the Soviet Union, and two such missions were attempted in 1942. This was the only feasible role for her, since the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_Nazaire_Raid\" title=\"St Nazaire Raid\"\u003eSt Nazaire Raid\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehad made operations against the Atlantic convoy lanes too risky.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTirpitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eacted as a\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fleet_in_being\" title=\"Fleet in being\"\u003efleet in being\u003c\/a\u003e, forcing the British\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\" title=\"Royal Navy\"\u003eRoyal Navy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto retain significant naval forces in the area to contain the battleship.\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKemp153_6-0\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" title=\"[4]\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_battleship_Tirpitz#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKemp153-6\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn September 1943,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTirpitz\u003c\/i\u003e, along with the battleship\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_battleship_Scharnhorst\" title=\"German battleship Scharnhorst\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScharnhorst\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, bombarded Allied positions on\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spitzbergen_(island)\" title=\"Spitzbergen (island)\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003eSpitzbergen\u003c\/a\u003e, the only time the ship used her main battery in an offensive role. Shortly thereafter, the ship was damaged in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Source\" title=\"Operation Source\"\u003ean attack by British mini-submarines\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand subsequently subjected to a series of large-scale air raids. On 12 November 1944, British\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avro_Lancaster\" title=\"Avro Lancaster\"\u003eLancaster bombers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eequipped with 12,000-pound (5,400 kg)\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tallboy_(bomb)\" title=\"Tallboy (bomb)\"\u003e“Tallboy” bombs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003escored two direct hits and a near miss which caused the ship to\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capsize\" title=\"Capsize\" class=\"mw-redirect\"\u003ecapsize\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erapidly. A deck fire spread to the ammunition magazine for one of the main battery turrets, which caused a large explosion. Figures for the number of men killed in the attack range from 950 to 1,204. Between 1948 and 1957, the wreck was broken up by a joint Norwegian and German salvage operation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"rareandcollectibledvds","offers":[{"title":"DOWNLOAD","offer_id":43185105338616,"sku":"sitir-2","price":14.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"DVD","offer_id":43185105371384,"sku":"sitir-1","price":17.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/3492\/7864\/products\/Sink-The-Tirpitz-rareandcollectibledvds-769.jpg?v=1670825017","url":"https:\/\/rareandcollectibledvds.com\/en-nz\/products\/sink-the-tirpitz-on-dvd-war-documentary-hitlers-beast","provider":"rareandcollectibledvds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}