The German squadron including the Tirpitz turned back from intercepting convoy PQ 17 partly because the convoy had effectively ceased to exist as a unified entity.
Sources
- Attack on the battleship Tirpitz by submarine K-21 (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Operation_R%C3%B6sselsprung_(1942) (military-history.fandom.com)
- https://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/thread.php?threadid=10818 (worldnavalships.com)
- https://www.naval-review.com/book-reviews/convoy-pq-17-disaster-in-the-arctic-never-to-return-convoys-to-russia-in-the-second-world-war/ (naval-review.com)
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