Battle of the North Cape

Video Software we use: https://amzn.to/2KpdCQF Ad-free videos. You can support us by purchasing something through our Amazon-Url, thanks :) The Battle of the North Cape was a Second World War naval battle which occurred on 26 December 1943, as part of the Arctic Campaign.The German battleship Scharnhorst, on an operation to attack Arctic Convoys of war matériel from the Western Allies to the USSR, was brought to battle and sunk by Royal Navy forces—the battleship HMS Duke of York plus several cruisers and destroyers—off Norway's North Cape.The battle was the last between big-gun capital ships in the war between Britain and Germany.The British victory confirmed the massive strategic advantage held by the British, at least in surface units. --Image-Copyright-and-Permission-- About the author(s): Davies, F A (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer License: Public domain --Image-Copyright-and-Permission-- This channel is dedicated to make Wikipedia, one of the biggest knowledge databases in the world available to people with limited vision. Article available under a Creative Commons license Image source in video