Disaster at Stalingrad

APPENDIX A Forces in the Battle of 20° East

German Fleet (Admiral Carls)

Battlegroup 1 (Admiral Schniewind)

Battleship: Tirpitz

Heavy Cruiser: Admiral Hipper

Destroyer Flotilla 5: Friedrich Ihn, Friedrich Eckoldt, Karl Galster

Destroyer Flotilla 6: Theodor Riedel, Hans Lody, Erich Steinbrinck

Battlegroup 2 (Admiral Kummetz)

Heavy cruisers: Lützow, Admiral Scheer

Destroyer Flotilla 8: Richard Beitzen, Z-24, Z-27

Battlegroup 3 (Admiral Ciliax)

Battlecruisers: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau

Heavy cruiser: Prinz Eugen

Light Cruiser Flotilla 1: Leipzig, Nürnberg

Destroyer Flotilla 8.1: Z-28, Z-29, Z-30

U-boat Flotillas 1, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14

Luftflotte 5

KG 26: 42 He 111

KG 30: 103 Ju 88

StG 5: 30 Ju 87

KFlGr 906: 15 He 115

JG 26: 109 Fw 190

Home Fleet (Admiral Tovey)

Battleships: Duke of York, King George V, Washington

Cruisers: Cumberland, Nigeria, Kent

Destroyers: 14 ships

Aircraft carriers: Victorious (42 aircraft), Wasp (75 aircraft)

1st Cruiser Squadron (Admiral Hamilton)

Heavy cruisers: London, Norfolk, Wichita, Tuscaloosa

6th Destroyer Flotilla: Somali, Wainwright, Rowan

Convoy PQ-17, Close Escort (Commander Broome)

Destroyers Fury, Keppel, Leamington, Ledbury, Offa, Wilton

Corvettes Lotus, Poppy, La Malouine, Dianella

Minesweepers Halcyon, Salamander, Britomart

ASW trawlers Lord Middleton, Lord Austin, Ayrshire, Northern Gem

AA ships Palomares, Pozarica

Submarines P.614, P.615