Adolf Hitler (left of photograph), Werner von Blomberg (looking away), and Erich Raeder (fourth from left) at ScharnhorstAerial view of the Nordwerft (North Yard) area of the Kriegsmarinewerft shipyard, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 1939; note the two new locks, the general outline of the construction basin, one of the three dry docks, and eventually two floating dry docksScharnhorst in Wilhelmshaven Harbor, Germany, circa 1939U-40 at Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 1939
Adolf Hitler (left of photograph), Werner von Blomberg (looking away), and Erich Raeder (fourth from left) at Scharnhorst's launching ceremony, Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 3 Oct 1936Aerial view of the Nordwerft (North Yard) area of the Kriegsmarinewerft shipyard, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 1939; note the two new locks, the general outline of the construction basin, one of the three dry docks, and eventually two floating dry docksScharnhorst in Wilhelmshaven Harbor, Germany, circa 1939U-40 at Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 1939
Christmas holiday aboard Scharnhorst, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, Dec 1939Tender Tsingtau tending to S-boats, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, circa 1940Allied photograph of Kriegsmarinewerft shipyard and surrounding areas in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 30 Aug 1940; the shipyard was easily identified by the square construction basin at lower left, and the large body of water to the right was to be a new construction shipyard named Nordwerft (North Yard)
Christmas holiday aboard Scharnhorst, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, Dec 1939Tender Tsingtau tending to S-boats, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, circa 1940Allied photograph of Kriegsmarinewerft shipyard and surrounding areas in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 30 Aug 1940; the shipyard was easily identified by the square construction basin at lower left, and the large body of water to the right was to be a new construction shipyard named Nordwerft (North Yard)


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