Scharnhorst
Proper noun
Meaning
Several locations in northern Germany.
A habitational surname from German, born by a famous 19th-century Prussian general and military theoreticist.
Several German ships named after the general, including a Kriegsmarine capital ship which participated in WWII.
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A recent analysis citation argued that the Scharnhorst effect cannot be used to send information backwards in time with a single set of plates since the plates' rest frame would define a "preferred frame" for FTL signalling.
Scharnhorst class, and rumored Japanese "super cruisers", all of which carried guns larger than the standard heavy cruiser's 8-inch size dictated by naval treaty limitations, the Alaskas were intended to be "cruiser-killers".
However, such ideas as Clausewitz and Lilienstern shared in common derived from a common influence, i.e., Scharnhorst, who was Clausewitz's "second father" and professional mentor.
In February 1942, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen moved from Brest back to Germany in the " Channel Dash ".
The German battleship Scharnhorst was one capital ship sunk while trying to attack an allied convoy in 1943.
In January 1941, the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were sent on a successful commerce raiding mission in the Atlantic.