Tirpitz in Norway: X-Craft Midget Submarines Raid the Fjords, Operation Source 1943

by Angus Konstam

In 1943, the great battleship Tirpitz lay in a remote Norwegian fjord, a Latent threat ready to sortie against the Arctic Convoys. Fiercely guarded, it was invulnerable to conventional attacks, and so a daring plan was hatched to deploy a new, secret British weapon - the 'X-craft' midget submarine. It took months of training in a remote Scottish sea loch before the mission, codenamed Operation Source, was ready to be Launched. Six midget submarines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472835859
• ISBN13: 9781472835857
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 9.5"