Why The Tirpitz Couldn't Fight For Six Months After Four-Man British Submarines Struck

In September of nineteen forty three, the German battleship Tirpitz, the largest warship ever built by a European navy, lay hidden deep in Kaafjord in northern Norway, protected by nets, minefields, and mountains, and far beyond the reach of conventional bombers. This World War Two naval history documentary tells the true story of Operation Source, the daring Royal Navy raid in which tiny four-man X-craft midget submarines were towed a thousand miles across the sea, slipped beneath the anti-submarine nets, and placed explosive charges under the mightiest ship in the German fleet. Lieutenant Donald Cameron and Lieutenant Godfrey Place would each earn the Victoria Cross for their courage that morning. Yet the real reason the Tirpitz could not fight for six months has almost nothing to do with the size of the explosion, and everything to do with where she was sitting. Discover the hidden story behind one of the boldest submarine attacks in naval history, the engineering, the strategy, and the men on both sides who made it unforgettable.