Name of one of the most famous warships of WWII named after a German Chancellor - ordered to be sunk by Churchill.
Battle of the Atlantic was a strategic victory for the Allies—the German blockade failed—but at great cost: 3,500 merchant ships and 175 warships were sunk in the Atlantic for the loss of 783 U-boats (the majority being Type VII submarines) and 47 German surface warships, including 4 battleships ("Scharnhorst", "Bismarck", "Gneisenau", and "Tirpitz"), 9 cruisers, 7 raiders, and 27 destroyers. Of the U-boats, 519 were sunk by British, Canadian, or other allied forces, while 175 were destroyed by American forces; 15 were destroyed by Soviets and 73 were scuttled by their crews before the end of the war for various causes. The Battle of
Honours of Winston Churchill as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values"." He was Chancellor of the University of Bristol as well as in 1959, "Father of the House", the MP with the longest continuous service. In 1956, Churchill received the Karlspreis (known in English as the Charlemagne Award), an award by the German city of Aachen to those who most contribute to the European idea, and European peace. In 1961 the Chartered Institute of Building named Churchill as an Honorary Fellow for his services and passion for the construction industry. In 1964, Civitan International presented Churchill its first World Citizenship Award for