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Hitler's Failed Plan to Build a Nazi Battleship Armada

Santa Barbara County Public Health continues mask order following Governor despite CDC's latest guidance

Scott Sheahen / KEYT SANTA BARBARA, Calif. A mixed reaction to the Center for Disease Control s (CDC) latest guidance for masks. Carly Weisman set her Sea Gems table at Thursday s State Street Promenade Market with her mom. She said, “We were planning on asking actually the people that put it on. Just to see what they think. Because if they want us to wear it then we’ll definitely wear it.” Dakayla Rasper is visiting Santa Barbara from Akron, OH, this week with her friends. She said, “I don’t know. I don’t have any problem with masks. So I think whatever the rules is I’m okay with.”

Thank Hitler, Not the Royal Navy, for Sinking His Own Battleship Fleet

Thank Hitler, Not the Royal Navy, for Sinking His Own Battleship Fleet The fog of war and snow squalls and smoke! spoiled what otherwise was a well-conceived ambush by the German cruisers. Here s What You Need to Remember: Admiral Raeder, who had been building up the Kriegsmarine for more than a  decade, tendered his resignation rather than follow the order. Appointed in his place was Adm. Karl Dönitz, a submariner who had long criticized the resources expended on the surface fleet. However, even Dönitz insisted that it would be foolish to scrap vessels for minimal economic benefit. At first glance, the Battle of the Barents Sea seems insignificant, a minor World War II naval battle in which a couple of destroyers were sunk. Yet the New Year’s Eve skirmish in frozen Arctic waters convinced Hitler that he should scrap 

Sorry Hitler, The Nazi's Epic Battleship Fleet Never Happened

Why Nazi Germany Never Built a Killer Battleship Fleet

One battle made all the difference. Here s What You Need to Remember: During World War I, the Imperial German Navy had disposed of dozens of massive battleships, dreadnoughts and battlecruisers but due to their numerical inferiority vis-à-vis the British Royal Navy, almost never committed them to battle. Dönitz was right the mere possibility of a German battleship sortie forced the Royal Navy to devote disproportionately large forces in reserve just to protect against the threat. This is a strategy known as having a “fleet in being.” Even if the Germans couldn’t use their surface fleet, they could tie down British forces and constrict their strategy with the threat that they might use theirs if the British let down their guard.