Themes

Conflict and Change

• Introduction

• In Focus: 1900

• In Focus: World War One

• In Focus: Interwar

• In Focus: World War Two

  • Surface Fleet

  • Submarines

  • Royal Marines

  • Fleet Air Arm

• In Focus: Post War Conflict

• In Focus: Cold War Climate

• In Focus: Falklands and Beyond

• Special Exhibition: Falklands 25

Learning

• How To: Understand Propaganda

• Propaganda Image Galleries

• Education Project: Sea With Your Own Eyes

Northern operations

How did the Fleet Airm Arm prevent German ships from moving freely around Northern Europe?

Naval aircraft attacked German ships in the North Sea and the Channel. The aim was to prevent German vessels moving freely to and from Germany and from conducting attacks on Allied merchant shipping.

The attack on the Tirpitz being planned on board HMS Victorious (RNM)

Article Highlights

• Introduction

• Sinking of the Bismark

• The Channel Dash

• Sinking of the Tirpitz

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Significant aircraft

Convoy protection

Taranto

Northern operations

Operation Torch

The Pacific

Related External Links

• Fleet Air Arm Museum