the Admiral Scheer and Lützow, two 10,000-ton cruisers of the heavily armed Admiral Hipper class, and perhaps ten destroyers. These ships had yet to go into concerted action. Allied observers ...

Enemy troops in the area included sailors from the sunken warship Admiral Scheer, who were deployed as a ground force to slow the advance of US troops into the Sokolov region. "We didn't take part in ...