Скачать или смотреть How One British Engineer’s “Toy Submarine” Sank Germany’s Mighty Battleship

September 22, 1943 — beneath the frozen waters of Norway’s Kåfjord, four British men sat in near darkness, steering a “toy submarine” toward the most powerful warship in Hitler’s navy. Above them loomed the Tirpitz — 42,000 tons of steel, eight 15-inch guns, and an aura of invincibility that haunted the Arctic convoys. Every aircraft and fleet attack had failed. Now, the Royal Navy’s last hope rested on six tiny midget submarines called X-Craft.

This is the true story of Operation Source — a mission so audacious that even its creators doubted survival. Against steel nets, mines, and freezing depths, the crews of X-6 and X-7 crawled beneath the Tirpitz’s hull and placed two tons of explosives directly under her keel. What followed shocked the German navy and changed the course of the war in the North Atlantic.

Discover how courage, craftsmanship, and human endurance humbled a giant — and why these “toy subs” became legends of stealth warfare.

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