Narvik 1940 - Operation Juno: The Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Hipper in action
Narvik 1940 - Operation Juno: The Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Hipper in action With Chris Sams Part of Germans at War Week Part 1 (Part 2 coming in June 2022) Battles at Sea and Naval History on WW2TV • Battles at Sea and Naval History Operation Juno was a German sortie to the North Sea during the Norwegian Campaign. The most notable engagement of the operation was German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sinking British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and its two escorting destroyers. Additionally several other Allied vessels were sunk in separate engagements. Chris Sams was born in Gillingham Kent and studied at King Alfred's College Winchester. Whilst at University he read History specialising in the Luftwaffe and the Second World War in Germany and Japan. He also studied Social History at post graduate level. Chris maintains this blog http://boredhistorian.blogspot.com/ and is a regular guest on the History Hack podcast https://historyhack.podbean.com/. He is also busy on Twitter Other Naval Shows you may enjoy: The Catastrophe of Convoy PQ-17 (Arctic Convoy) • The Catastrophe of Convoy PQ-17 (Arctic Co... Turning Points in the Battle of the Atlantic • Turning Points in the Battle of the Atlantic The Battle of the Bismarck Sea • The Battle of the Bismarck Sea - Michael V... You can become a YouTube Member and support us here / @ww2tv You can become a Patron here / ww2tv Please click subscribe for updates Social Media links - / ww2tv / ww2tv / ww2tv WW2TV Bookshop - where you can purchase copies of books featured in my YouTube shows. Any book listed here comes with the personal recommendation of Paul Woodadge, the host of WW2TV. For full disclosure, if you do buy a book through a link from this page WW2TV will earn a commission. UK - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV USA - https://bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV

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