Repulse and her sister ship Renown, were the world's fastest capital ships upon completion. Repulse and her sister ship Renown, were the world's fastest capital ships upon completion. New Zealand ' s first action was as part of the battlecruiser force under the command of Admiral Beatty during the Battle of Heligoland Bight operation on 28 August 1914. Launched ten months later, she was commissioned into the Home Fleet in March 1914 as the fleet flagship.She was armed with a main battery of The ship was Six German light cruisers Cln, Strassburg, Stettin, Frauenlob, Stralsund, and Ariadneresponded to the attack and inflicted It was also the largest clash of tanks in armoured warfare history at the time. The primary purpose of the Germans was to tie down the strongest elements of the French First These vessels were long-range cruisers, suitable for patrolling the vast expanse covered by the British Empire.These ships, initially rated as second class cruisers, were built to a series of designs, known as the Bristol The offensive was carried out from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945, towards the end of the war in Europe. HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War.Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by First Sea Lord John Fisher, the ship was very lightly armoured and armed with only a few heavy guns. The Battle of Jutland (German: Skagerrakschlacht, the Battle of Skagerrak) was a naval battle fought between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, during the First World War.The battle unfolded in extensive manoeuvring and three main engagements (the Scharroo held the north bank of the Nieuwe Maas river, which runs through the city and prevented the Germans from crossing; German forces included airlanding and airborne forces of General Kurt Student and newly Repulse participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1917; the only combat she saw during the war. Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) was the code name for the landing operation of the Allied invasion of Provence (Southern France) on 15 August 1944. Laid down in 1911 and launched in 1912, the cruiser was commissioned into the RAN in 1913. . They participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917 and were present when the High Seas Fleet surrendered a year later. Operation Northwind (German: Unternehmen Nordwind) was the last major German offensive of World War II on the Western Front.It began on 31 December 1944 in Rhineland-Palatinate, Alsace and Lorraine in southwestern Germany and northeastern France, and ended on 25 January 1945. The majority of these personnel were members of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), though smaller numbers of Australians serving with the Royal Navy and British Army also participated in the fighting prior to and after the Allied landings on 6 Scharroo held the north bank of the Nieuwe Maas river, which runs through the city and prevented the Germans from crossing; German forces included airlanding and airborne forces of General Kurt Student and newly Date of the Battle of Isandlwana: 22 nd January 1879 Place of the Battle of Isandlwana: 10 miles east of the Buffalo River in Zululand, South Africa. This phase spans from the end of the Battle of Normandy, or Operation Overlord, (25 August 1944) incorporating the German winter counter-offensive through the Ardennes (commonly known as the Battle of the Bulge) and It was the longest battle on German ground during World They did not quite meet that ambitious goal, but the ship was delivered a few months after the Battle of Jutland in 1916. The Battle of Heligoland (or Helgoland) was fought on 9 May 1864, during the Second Schleswig War, between a Danish squadron led by Commodore Edouard Suenson and a joint Austro-Prussian squadron commanded by the Austrian Commodore Wilhelm von Tegetthoff.The action came about as a result of the Danish blockade of German ports in the North Sea; the Austrians . The ship was present during the Battle of Heligoland in May 1864 during the Second Schleswig War, but was too It was the longest battle on German ground during World The majority of these personnel were members of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), though smaller numbers of Australians serving with the Royal Navy and British Army also participated in the fighting prior to and after the Allied landings on 6 Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) was the code name for the landing operation of the Allied invasion of Provence (Southern France) on 15 August 1944. The Battle of Hrtgen Forest (German: Schlacht im Hrtgenwald) was a series of battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II, in the Hrtgen Forest, a 140 km 2 (54 sq mi) area about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the BelgianGerman border. The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau (1914) Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign (19151916) Battle of the Otranto Straits (1917) Asia-Pacific Theatre. SMS Basilisk was a Camleon-class gunboat of the Prussian Navy (later the Imperial German Navy) that was launched in 1862.A small vessel, armed with only three light guns, Basilisk served during all three wars of German unification in the 1860s and early 1870s. Second Battle of Heligoland Bight (1917) Zeebrugge Raid (1918) Mediterranean. The Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine, also known as the Siegfried Line campaign, was a phase in the Western European campaign of World War II.. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.She was built at Devonport Royal Dockyard between January 1912 and June 1914, entering service just before the outbreak of the First World War.She was armed with a main battery of ten 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns and was capable of a top speed of During the early stages of World War I, Sydney was involved in supporting the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, and escorting the first ANZAC convoy. Shortly after the outbreak of World War I, on 28 August 1914, Moltke participated in the Battle of Heligoland Bight. New Zealand ' s first action was as part of the battlecruiser force under the command of Admiral Beatty during the Battle of Heligoland Bight operation on 28 August 1914. Repulse and her sister ship Renown, were the world's fastest capital ships upon completion. They participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917 and were present when the High Seas Fleet surrendered a year later. Courageous was completed in late 1916 and spent the war patrolling the North Sea. The Defence of the Reich (German: Reichsverteidigung) is the name given to the strategic defensive aerial campaign fought by the Luftwaffe air arm of the combined Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi Germany over German-occupied Europe and Nazi Germany during World War II.Its aim was to prevent the destruction of German civilians, military and civil industries by the After serving in the Mahdist War and then the response to the Boxer Rebellion, he commanded the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, a tactically indecisive engagement after which his aggressive The ship was present during the Battle of Heligoland in May 1864 during the Second Schleswig War, but was too During the early stages of World War I, Sydney was involved in supporting the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, and escorting the first ANZAC convoy. 53. 53. The ship was present during the Battle of Heligoland in May 1864 during the Second Schleswig War, but was too They did not quite meet that ambitious goal, but the ship was delivered a few months after the Battle of Jutland in 1916. The situation in Rotterdam on the morning of 13 May 1940 was a stalemate as it had been over the previous three days. The Battle of Aachen was a combat action of World War II, fought by American and German forces in and around Aachen, Germany, between 221 October 1944.The city had been incorporated into the Siegfried Line, the main defensive network on Germany's western border; the Allies had hoped to capture it quickly and advance into the industrialized Ruhr Basin. It was also the largest clash of tanks in armoured warfare history at the time. Laid down in 1911 and launched in 1912, the cruiser was commissioned into the RAN in 1913. These vessels were long-range cruisers, suitable for patrolling the vast expanse covered by the British Empire.These ships, initially rated as second class cruisers, were built to a series of designs, known as the Bristol Second Battle of Heligoland Bight (1917) Zeebrugge Raid (1918) Mediterranean. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.She was built at Devonport Royal Dockyard between January 1912 and June 1914, entering service just before the outbreak of the First World War.She was armed with a main battery of ten 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns and was capable of a top speed of Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO, PC (17 January 1871 12 March 1936) was a Royal Navy officer. In the Battle of Tsingtao, from 5 September 1914, the Imperial Japanese Navy seaplane carrier Wakamiya conducted the world's first naval-launched air raids from Kiaochow Bay. Operation Northwind (German: Unternehmen Nordwind) was the last major German offensive of World War II on the Western Front.It began on 31 December 1944 in Rhineland-Palatinate, Alsace and Lorraine in southwestern Germany and northeastern France, and ended on 25 January 1945. HMAS Sydney was a Chatham-class light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Shortly after the outbreak of World War I, on 28 August 1914, Moltke participated in the Battle of Heligoland Bight. The German offensive was an operational failure, with its main objectives not achieved. Courageous was completed in late 1916 and spent the war patrolling the North Sea. Nearly Dutch garrison forces under Colonel P.W. The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 1112 November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under Admiral Andrew Cunningham, and Italian naval forces, under Admiral Inigo Campioni.The Royal Navy launched the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history, employing 21 Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers from the aircraft They participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight and were present when the High Seas Fleet surrendered a year later. During the morning, British cruisers from the Harwich Force attacked the German destroyers patrolling the Heligoland Bight. Battle of Heligoland Bight. The Battle of Hannut was a Second World War battle fought during the Battle of Belgium which took place between 12 and 14 May 1940 at Hannut in Belgium.It was the largest tank battle in the campaign. The Battle of Jutland (German: Skagerrakschlacht, the Battle of Skagerrak) was a naval battle fought between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, during the First World War.The battle unfolded in extensive manoeuvring and three main engagements (the HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War.Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by First Sea Lord John Fisher, the ship was very lightly armoured and armed with only a few heavy guns. Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO, PC (17 January 1871 12 March 1936) was a Royal Navy officer. On 9 November 1914, she The primary purpose of the Germans was to tie down the strongest elements of the French First In June 1940, the Wehrmacht had conquered most of Western Europe and Scandinavia.At that time, the only major power standing in the way of a German-dominated Europe was the British Empire and the Commonwealth, given the non-aggression Initially the U-boat campaign was directed The Town class was a group of twenty-one light cruisers built for the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) of the first half of the 20th Century. The Town class was a group of twenty-one light cruisers built for the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) of the first half of the 20th Century. Nearly Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Normandy landings.A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving more than 5,000 vessels. After serving in the Mahdist War and then the response to the Boxer Rebellion, he commanded the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, a tactically indecisive engagement after which his aggressive They participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight and were present when the High Seas Fleet surrendered a year later. During the morning, British cruisers from the Harwich Force attacked the German destroyers patrolling the Heligoland Bight. The ship was The previous battle of the Zulu War is the Battle of Isandlwana Battle of Britain Day, 15 September 1940, is the day on which a large-scale aerial battle in the Battle of Britain took place.. After commissioning in 1913, she spent the bulk of her career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets.Aside from participating in the failed attempt to intercept the German ships that had bombarded Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby in late 1914, the Battle of HMS Ajax was the third of four King George V-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. The offensive was carried out from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945, towards the end of the war in Europe. The operation was initially planned to be executed in conjunction with Operation Overlord, the Allied landing in Normandy, but the lack of available resources led to a cancellation of the second landing. After commissioning in 1913, she spent the bulk of her career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets.Aside from participating in the failed attempt to intercept the German ships that had bombarded Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby in late 1914, the Battle of Launched ten months later, she was commissioned into the Home Fleet in March 1914 as the fleet flagship.She was armed with a main battery of Battle of Rabaul; Battle of Tsingtao (1914) It was also the largest clash of tanks in armoured warfare history at the time. The ship was Commanders at the Battle of Isandlwana: Lieutenant Colonel Pulleine of the 24 th Foot and Lieutenant Colonel Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Normandy landings.A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving more than 5,000 vessels. The operation was initially planned to be executed in conjunction with Operation Overlord, the Allied landing in Normandy, but the lack of available resources led to a cancellation of the second landing. The Battle of Heligoland Bight was the first Anglo-German naval battle of the First World War, fought on 28 August 1914, between ships of the United Kingdom and Germany.The battle took place in the south-eastern North Sea, when the British attacked German patrols off the north-west German coast.The German High Seas Fleet was in harbour on the north German coast while Laid down in 1911 and launched in 1912, the cruiser was commissioned into the RAN in 1913. Nearly They participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917 and were present when the High Seas Fleet surrendered a year later. The Battle of Heligoland Bight was the first Anglo-German naval battle of the First World War, fought on 28 August 1914, between ships of the United Kingdom and Germany.The battle took place in the south-eastern North Sea, when the British attacked German patrols off the north-west German coast.The German High Seas Fleet was in harbour on the north German coast while The four Maurice Farman seaplanes bombarded German-held land targets (communication centers and command centers) and damaged a German minelayer in the Tsingtao peninsula from The Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy involved more than 3,000 military personnel serving under British command. Combatants at the Battle of Isandlwana: Zulu army against a force of British troops, Natal units and African levies. Beatty's ships had originally been intended as distant support of the British cruisers and destroyers closer to the German coast in case the large ships of the High Seas Fleet sortied in response to the British attacks. The Battle of Heligoland (or Helgoland) was fought on 9 May 1864, during the Second Schleswig War, between a Danish squadron led by Commodore Edouard Suenson and a joint Austro-Prussian squadron commanded by the Austrian Commodore Wilhelm von Tegetthoff.The action came about as a result of the Danish blockade of German ports in the North Sea; the Austrians The Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy involved more than 3,000 military personnel serving under British command. They did not quite meet that ambitious goal, but the ship was delivered a few months after the Battle of Jutland in 1916. The operation was initially planned to be executed in conjunction with Operation Overlord, the Allied landing in Normandy, but the lack of available resources led to a cancellation of the second landing. Repulse participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1917; the only combat she saw during the war. The Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I (sometimes called the "First Battle of the Atlantic", in reference to the World War II campaign of that name) was the prolonged naval conflict between German submarines and the Allied navies in Atlantic watersthe seas around the British Isles, the North Sea and the coast of France.. HMS Iron Duke was a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, named in honour of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.She was built by Portsmouth Dockyard, and her keel laid in January 1912. The Battle of Hannut was a Second World War battle fought during the Battle of Belgium which took place between 12 and 14 May 1940 at Hannut in Belgium.It was the largest tank battle in the campaign. SMS Ostfriesland was the second vessel of the Helgoland class of dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy.Named for the region of East Frisia, Ostfriesland ' s keel was laid in October 1908 at the Kaiserliche Werft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven.She was launched on 30 September 1909 and was commissioned into the fleet on 1 August 1911. In the Battle of Tsingtao, from 5 September 1914, the Imperial Japanese Navy seaplane carrier Wakamiya conducted the world's first naval-launched air raids from Kiaochow Bay. The German offensive was an operational failure, with its main objectives not achieved. Dutch garrison forces under Colonel P.W. Operation Northwind (German: Unternehmen Nordwind) was the last major German offensive of World War II on the Western Front.It began on 31 December 1944 in Rhineland-Palatinate, Alsace and Lorraine in southwestern Germany and northeastern France, and ended on 25 January 1945. Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau (1914) Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign (19151916) Battle of the Otranto Straits (1917) Asia-Pacific Theatre. The Battle of Aachen was a combat action of World War II, fought by American and German forces in and around Aachen, Germany, between 221 October 1944.The city had been incorporated into the Siegfried Line, the main defensive network on Germany's western border; the Allies had hoped to capture it quickly and advance into the industrialized Ruhr Basin. Beatty's ships had originally been intended as distant support of the British cruisers and destroyers closer to the German coast in case the large ships of the High Seas Fleet sortied in response to the British attacks. Shortly after the outbreak of World War I, on 28 August 1914, Moltke participated in the Battle of Heligoland Bight. SMS Basilisk was a Camleon-class gunboat of the Prussian Navy (later the Imperial German Navy) that was launched in 1862.A small vessel, armed with only three light guns, Basilisk served during all three wars of German unification in the 1860s and early 1870s. The Dowding system was the world's first wide-area ground-controlled interception network, controlling the airspace across the United Kingdom from northern Scotland to the southern coast of England.It used a widespread dedicated land-line telephone network to rapidly collect information from Chain Home (CH) radar stations and the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) in The Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I (sometimes called the "First Battle of the Atlantic", in reference to the World War II campaign of that name) was the prolonged naval conflict between German submarines and the Allied navies in Atlantic watersthe seas around the British Isles, the North Sea and the coast of France.. The Battle of Aachen was a combat action of World War II, fought by American and German forces in and around Aachen, Germany, between 221 October 1944.The city had been incorporated into the Siegfried Line, the main defensive network on Germany's western border; the Allies had hoped to capture it quickly and advance into the industrialized Ruhr Basin. The previous battle of the Zulu War is the Battle of Isandlwana The Battle of Heligoland Bight was the first Anglo-German naval battle of the First World War, fought on 28 August 1914, between ships of the United Kingdom and Germany.The battle took place in the south-eastern North Sea, when the British attacked German patrols off the north-west German coast.The German High Seas Fleet was in harbour on the north German coast while SMS Derfflinger was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) built in the early 1910s during the Anglo-German naval arms race.She was the lead ship of her class of three ships; her sister ships were Ltzow and Hindenburg.The Derfflinger-class battlecruisers were larger and featured significant improvements over the previous German battlecruisers, carrying Podcast on the Battle of Rorkes Drift in the Zulu War: the iconic defence on 22 nd January 1879 of the mission station in Natal by a small force of British and colonial troops; winning a record number of Victoria Crosses and inspiring Victorian Britain: John Mackenzies britishbattles.com podcasts. The situation in Rotterdam on the morning of 13 May 1940 was a stalemate as it had been over the previous three days. Repulse participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1917; the only combat she saw during the war. Churchill was unmoved, however, until the experiences of Battle of Heligoland Bight in August and the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December, seemed to demonstrate that high speed and heavy gun power was a potent combination and vindicated Fisher's long-held belief on the viability of the battlecruiser. The majority of these personnel were members of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), though smaller numbers of Australians serving with the Royal Navy and British Army also participated in the fighting prior to and after the Allied landings on 6 The Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I (sometimes called the "First Battle of the Atlantic", in reference to the World War II campaign of that name) was the prolonged naval conflict between German submarines and the Allied navies in Atlantic watersthe seas around the British Isles, the North Sea and the coast of France.. HMS Ajax was the third of four King George V-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. They turned south at full speed at 11:35 when the British light This phase spans from the end of the Battle of Normandy, or Operation Overlord, (25 August 1944) incorporating the German winter counter-offensive through the Ardennes (commonly known as the Battle of the Bulge) and SMS Derfflinger was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) built in the early 1910s during the Anglo-German naval arms race.She was the lead ship of her class of three ships; her sister ships were Ltzow and Hindenburg.The Derfflinger-class battlecruisers were larger and featured significant improvements over the previous German battlecruisers, carrying Podcast on the Battle of Rorkes Drift in the Zulu War: the iconic defence on 22 nd January 1879 of the mission station in Natal by a small force of British and colonial troops; winning a record number of Victoria Crosses and inspiring Victorian Britain: John Mackenzies britishbattles.com podcasts. They turned south at full speed at 11:35 when the British light The previous battle of the Zulu War is the Battle of Isandlwana HMS Iron Duke was a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, named in honour of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.She was built by Portsmouth Dockyard, and her keel laid in January 1912. Beatty's ships had originally been intended as distant support of the British cruisers and destroyers closer to the German coast in case the large ships of the High Seas Fleet sortied in response to the British attacks. Commanders at the Battle of Isandlwana: Lieutenant Colonel Pulleine of the 24 th Foot and Lieutenant Colonel Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Normandy landings.A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving more than 5,000 vessels. The Dowding system was the world's first wide-area ground-controlled interception network, controlling the airspace across the United Kingdom from northern Scotland to the southern coast of England.It used a widespread dedicated land-line telephone network to rapidly collect information from Chain Home (CH) radar stations and the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) in New Zealand ' s first action was as part of the battlecruiser force under the command of Admiral Beatty during the Battle of Heligoland Bight operation on 28 August 1914. They turned south at full speed at 11:35 when the British light SMS Ostfriesland was the second vessel of the Helgoland class of dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy.Named for the region of East Frisia, Ostfriesland ' s keel was laid in October 1908 at the Kaiserliche Werft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven.She was launched on 30 September 1909 and was commissioned into the fleet on 1 August 1911. The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 1112 November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under Admiral Andrew Cunningham, and Italian naval forces, under Admiral Inigo Campioni.The Royal Navy launched the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history, employing 21 Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers from the aircraft The Battle of Hannut was a Second World War battle fought during the Battle of Belgium which took place between 12 and 14 May 1940 at Hannut in Belgium.It was the largest tank battle in the campaign. Battle of Rabaul; Battle of Tsingtao (1914) Courageous was completed in late 1916 and spent the war patrolling the North Sea. Date of the Battle of Isandlwana: 22 nd January 1879 Place of the Battle of Isandlwana: 10 miles east of the Buffalo River in Zululand, South Africa. Launched ten months later, she was commissioned into the Home Fleet in March 1914 as the fleet flagship.She was armed with a main battery of Battle of Rabaul; Battle of Tsingtao (1914) SMS Derfflinger was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) built in the early 1910s during the Anglo-German naval arms race.She was the lead ship of her class of three ships; her sister ships were Ltzow and Hindenburg.The Derfflinger-class battlecruisers were larger and featured significant improvements over the previous German battlecruisers, carrying