German Heavy Cruiser Admiral Hipper | Dark Documentaries

The heavy cruiser Deutschland was a German warship deployed to the Spanish coast in 1936 as part of the international Non-Intervention Committee's patrols during the Spanish Civil War. Its tasks included protecting diplomatic personnel, evacuating civilians, and observing Soviet supply efforts to the Republic. The ship's role became highly significant in May 1937, when it was attacked by Republican aircraft off Ibiza, resulting in 31 German deaths and prompting a retaliatory bombardment of the S

Fact Slap 👋 Today in 1940, after spotting a large convoy yesterday, the German cruiser Admiral Hipper makes her attack on what is suspected to be normal supply convoy. Going into action with guns blazing, it damages 13,994-ton British transport Empire Trooper (which makes it to Porta Delgada) and 5874-ton British freighter Arabistan (only lightly damaged), causing the convoy to scatter. However, Admiral Hipper's crew get a rude surprise when heavy cruiser HMS BERWICK appears - whose own crew mu