Summary and Key Points: On June 8, 1940, the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious was ambushed by the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the Norwegian Sea. Lacking radar ...

On June 8, 1940, HMS Glorious and her two escort destroyers, Ardent and Acasta, broke away from the main British carrier squadron during the evacuation of Allied forces from Norway. Sailing alone ...

Nazi battleship Scharnhorst became one of the most feared ships of WWII, becoming the scourge of Allied Convoys and sinking Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Glorious. Examining the loss of the ...