Fatal decision: Most disastrous allied convoy of WW2
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 Published On Aug 11, 2024

Arctic Convoy PQ 17, laden with crucial war supplies for the Russian army, departed Iceland under the watchful eyes of its escort fleet. As the convoy sailed on, the Tirpitz and her formidable entourage lay in wait, poised to unleash devastation in a meticulously planned operation dubbed Knight's Move. This confrontation would go down in history as one of the most disastrous and controversial episodes of the Arctic convoys, a story of miscalculation and the harsh realities of naval warfare. The decisions made in the war rooms of London and Berlin would determine the fate of thousands of lives in the icy northern waters as the convoy sailed towards its tragic fate. This is the harrowing story of Convoy PQ 17!.

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