When the Luftwaffe Attacked the Kriegsmarine's Fleet: The Wikinger Disaster, 1940

✨All your business in one platform! Simple, efficient and affordable, visit https://www.odoo.com/r/HoH! In February 1940, with German naval leaders convinced that British trawlers in the North Sea fishing grounds were helping the enemy watch mine channels and U boat routes, the Kriegsmarine sent six destroyers of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla out on Operation Wikinger. The sortie was meant to be a short offensive sweep, but naval and air coordination was poor, the winter sea was dangerous, and a Luftwaffe aircraft was also flying an anti shipping mission over the same waters... Every video on House of History is manually animated, researched and written from scratch. Consider supporting us here: ►Patreon:   / houseofhistory   ►Become a channel member:    / @hoh   ►Leave a tip: https://www.paypal.me/HouseofHistory ►Official website: https://www.houseofhistory.tv/ Socials: ►Join our Discord:   / discord   ►My Twitter:   / oscar_hoh   🧾 Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 📚 Sources: Written by House of History 🎵 Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound 🎶 My referral link: https://share.epidemicsound.com/njr7j0 🖼 Photos, paintings and imagery: Public Domain, Wikicommons #HouseofHistory #History