An item reported that German naval and aircraft forces were becoming more and more a threat for the Allied convoys bound for North Russia. On 25 May attacked 32 torpedo planes and dive bombers during 3 hours a westbound convoy without much results. An American freighter was just damaged, the enemy however loosing 1-4 planes. North Norway were now around German 20 submarines and minimum 30-40 aircraft stationed. Also their destroyers were active in attacking merchant ship. An even bigger threat was the battleship Tirpitz (1) which harassed the convoy routes between 6-9 March and the other heavy ships (2) at Trondheim or possible Narvik.
Notes
1. Laid down by Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 2 November 1936, launched on 1 April 1939, commissioned on 25 February 1941 and sunk by the Royal Air Force on 12 November 1944 at Tromsø, Norway, with her wreck broken up between 1948-1957. Of the Bismarck-class as answer on the French Richelieu-class battleships.
2. The German pocket battleships Admiral Scheer and Lutzow and 4 destroyers at Narvik.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 168 dated 27 May 194
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