Ramming the Tirpitz

In early 1942, the British Admiralty faced a terrifying mathematical reality. The German battleship Tirpitz, an unstoppable floating fortress, was poised to break into the Atlantic and sever the vital supply lines keeping Britain alive. The Tirpitz was too heavily armored to sink from the air. The only way to stop it was to destroy the only dry dock in the world large enough to service it: the hea...