This is a list of battlecruisers of World War II. A battlecruiser, or battle cruiser, was a capital ship built in the first half of the 20th century. They were similar in size, cost, and carried similar …

Alaska and Guam served for the last year of World War II as bombardment ships and fast carrier escorts. Once the two ships reached Bayonne, New Jersey in late 1945 and early 1946, they …

The outbreak of World War II in September 1939 put a halt to all these plans. [ 15 ] During the war, the surviving battlecruisers saw extensive action, and many were sunk.

The World War II Database is founded and managed by C. Peter Chen of Lava Development, LLC. The goal of this site is two fold. First, it is aiming to offer interesting and useful …

At the same time German forces had initiated the invasion of Norway, supported by a large naval group composed of the battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the heavy cruiser Hipper, …

Jun 18, 2021 · Had the U.S. Navy made different, better choices at the end of World War I, it might have begun World War II with battlecruisers that could have supported its fast carrier …

Battlecruisers, Large Cruisers, & Pocket Battleships of World War II. By Chuck Hawks. HMS Hood. Royal Navy photograph. The battlecruiser has always been the most romantic of all …

Battlecruisers served in the navies of the United Kingdom, Germany, the Ottoman Empire, Australia and Japan during World War I, most notably at the Battle of the Falkland Islands and …

The Cruisers of World War II While President Woodrow Wilson’s administration set out to build a massively powerful navy with 50 modern battleships. That initiated an arms race among the …

RENOWN-Class battle cruiser ordered on 29th December 1914 with sister ship REPULSE and laid down by Fairfield at Govan on 25th January 1915. This battlecruiser was launched on 4th …