<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwyg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: German warship <i id="mwyw"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Scharnhorst" id="mwzA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="German battleship Scharnhorst">Scharnhorst</a></i> is sunk off of Norway's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Cape_(Norway)" id="mwzQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Cape (Norway)">North Cape</a> after a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_North_Cape" id="mwzg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of the North Cape">battle against major Royal Navy forces</a>.