The annual recounts German activity against the North Russia convoys and the political consequences of the Battle of the Barents Sea. The passage compares the removal of Erich Raeder with Alfred von Tirpitz's retirement and lists major German ships then believed to be at Trondheim or in the Baltic. Its uncertainty around Graf Zeppelin helps explain why British planners still had to consider a possible German carrier threat. The account records what was known or feared at the time and should not be treated as a final account of events.
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Contemporaneous views of German naval threats
A wartime Brassey's account of German operations shows both useful contemporary detail and the uncertainty surrounding Tirpitz, U-boats, and Graf Zeppelin.