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As we had discussed last fall during the Graf Spee chase, it can be seen here that the Royal Navy knew no such thing as fear at sea. I do not mean to say that the Kriegsmarine was not brave, but there always seemed to be a slight bit of hesitancy on their part during sea operations. We will see this happen several times during the war.

[PzLdr]

I think we will find that a good deal of the Kriegsmarine’s hesitancy was due to Grossadmiral Erich Raeder.

[CougarGA7]

I agree on both accounts. A real failing on the part of the Nazis was to not have any singular naval doctrine. Many times throughout the war Hitler would begin allocating resources to a large surface fleet only to have the next circumstance force him to shut the program down again.

The Royal Navy on the other hand felt like they were masters of the sea and commanded their ships as such. In this case it is very evident by the boldness of the 1345 ton Glowworm taking on the 14,050 ton Hipper by itself. It will also become costly in some respects like with what happens to the Repulse and Prince of Wales.