In January of 1940, the mighty pocket battleship Admiral Hipper was paving the way for a Kriegsmarine convoy that had to deliver infantrymen to the Norwegian coasts. But as the German vessels ...

Just like Murmansk, Tallinn is not a native Russian ship. Originally named Lützow, she was the fifth ship of the Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers. The German Kriegsmarine agreed to sell her to the ...