Photo #: 306-NT-99098
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler (left)
On the christening platform, as the battleship Scharnhorst
is launched at Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 3 October 1936.
Among those also on the platform, just to the right of Hitler,
are General Werner von Blomberg and Admiral Erich Raeder.
Photograph from the New York Times Paris Bureau collection
in the U.S. National Archives.
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Photo #: NH 82407
Norway Campaign, 1940
German warships in a Norwegian port, probably Trondheim, in June
1940. Battleship Gneisenau is at left, with Scharnhorst
in the left middle distance and heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper
in right center.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 83982
Scharnhorst (German battleship, 1939-1943)
View on board, looking forward, while the ship was at sea in
1940. Probably taken during the Norwegian campaign, in April
or June 1940.
Note air identification marking on her fore deck. The ship is
cleared for action, with deck edge stanchions and lifelines taken
down.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 83981
Norway Campaign, 1940
German battleship Scharnhorst firing her forward 283mm
guns, during the engagement with the British aircraft carrier
Glorious and her escorts, 8 June 1940.
Photographed from the battleship Gneisenau.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 69744
Operation "Cerberus", February 1942
German heavy ships speeding through the English Channel, en route
from Brest to Wilhelmshaven, 12 February 1942. Photographed from
the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen. Next ship ahead is the
battleship Gneisenau, with Scharnhorst in the distance.
Copied from the report of officers of Prinz Eugen, with
some identification by her Gunnery Officer, Paul S. Schmalenbach,
1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 69748
Operation "Cerberus", February 1942
German battleships in the English Channel, en route from Brest
to Wilhelmshaven, 12 February 1942. Photographed from the heavy
cruiser Prinz Eugen. The battleship Gneisenau is
in the center, with Scharnhorst in the distance, to the
left.
Copied from the report of officers of Prinz Eugen, with
some identification by her Gunnery Officer, Paul S. Schmalenbach,
1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 69749
Operation "Cerberus", February 1942
German heavy ships steaming up the English Channel, en route
from Brest to Wilhelmshaven, 12 February 1942. Photographed from
the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, with the battleship Gneisenau
next ahead and the Scharnhorst in the distance,.
Copied from the report of officers of Prinz Eugen, with
some identification by her Gunnery Officer, Paul S. Schmalenbach,
1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 97505
Kiel, Germany
Aerial reconnaissance photograph, probably taken by the British
Royal Air Force circa February-June 1942. The arrow in upper
right center marks the position of the battleship Scharnhorst,
which was then under repair at the Kiel navy yard for damage
received during the February 1942 "Channel Dash".
From contemporary files of the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 97506
Kiel, Germany
Aerial reconnaissance photograph, probably taken by the British
Royal Air Force circa February-June 1942. The arrow in the lower
center marks the position of the battleship Scharnhorst,
which was then under repair at the Kiel navy yard for damage
received during the February 1942 "Channel Dash".
From contemporary files of the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 71392
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939-1943)
In the Alta Fjord, Norway, circa March-December 1943.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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