The battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst fought together from the beginning of the war until Operation Cerberus. The Gneisenau was very badly damaged by aerial bombardment and was never repaired. The Scharnhorst continued the war in Norway until its tragic end at Christmas 1943.
Stuart277 has reproduced both ships throughout their service
KMS Gneisenau 1938 upon its commissioning, but the bow had to be rebuilt.
Gneisenau 1939M after the bow was rebuilt as an Atlantic Bow.
Gneisenau 1940E Norwegian Campaign March-July 1940, assigned to the Baltic Sea, Operation Barbarossa, Atlantic raid, Operation Berlin, late 1941, sheltered in Brest but under RAF bombing.
Gneisenau 1942E Operation Cerberus, departing Brest with the German squadron in February 1942. It was a success, but the Gneisenau was very heavily damaged at Willemshafen by RAF bombs and was never returned to service.
KMS Scharnhorst 1938 upon commissioning
Scharnhorst 1939L after the reconstruction of the Atlantic bow
Scharnhorst 1940M Norwegian campaign then Operation Berlin, Atlantic raid gegen marchant convois
Scharnhorst 1942E Operation Cerberus, February 1942, damaged by two mines but reached Germany
Scharnhorst 1943E assigned to Norway: Operation Zitronella, raid on Spitsbergen with the Tirpitz
Operation Ostfront, Christmas 1943, and the tragic end, sunk by the Duke of York and torpedoes from British destroyers
merci Stuart277 pour ces excellents modèles.
Stuart277 has reproduced both ships throughout their service
KMS Gneisenau 1938 upon its commissioning, but the bow had to be rebuilt.
Gneisenau 1939M after the bow was rebuilt as an Atlantic Bow.
Gneisenau 1940E Norwegian Campaign March-July 1940, assigned to the Baltic Sea, Operation Barbarossa, Atlantic raid, Operation Berlin, late 1941, sheltered in Brest but under RAF bombing.
Gneisenau 1942E Operation Cerberus, departing Brest with the German squadron in February 1942. It was a success, but the Gneisenau was very heavily damaged at Willemshafen by RAF bombs and was never returned to service.
KMS Scharnhorst 1938 upon commissioning
Scharnhorst 1939L after the reconstruction of the Atlantic bow
Scharnhorst 1940M Norwegian campaign then Operation Berlin, Atlantic raid gegen marchant convois
Scharnhorst 1942E Operation Cerberus, February 1942, damaged by two mines but reached Germany
Scharnhorst 1943E assigned to Norway: Operation Zitronella, raid on Spitsbergen with the Tirpitz
Operation Ostfront, Christmas 1943, and the tragic end, sunk by the Duke of York and torpedoes from British destroyers
merci Stuart277 pour ces excellents modèles.
