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The last ship to enter testing with Update 15.8 is the first European (and Polish) submarine, the Orzeł. Historical background ORP Orzeł was the lead ship of the eponymous class of submarines of the Polish Navy. She was built in the Netherlands, being laid down in August 1936, launched in January 1938, and commissioned in February 1939. It wouldn't take long for Orzeł to be put to good use, as just a few months later, Germany would begin the invasion of Poland in September. Orzeł was deployed as per the Worek Plan, which consisted of Poland using its five available submarines: Orzeł, Sęp (Orzeł's sister ship), Wilk, Żbik, and Ryś, to try and stop Germany from landing troops on the Polish coast as well as destroy any enemy ship that would be employed in bombarding Poland's coastline. As things took a turn for the worse and the operation proved unsuccessful, Orzeł was forced to abandon her position to join the Baltic Sea. She was attacked by German minesweepers on the way ...

Update 15.8 will bring a new line of cruisers to the game. These will be the European cruisers with ships from nations such as Sweden, Poland, Greece, Sweden and, you guessed it, Sweden. There is only one ship that was actually built, being the tier VI, and for the rest, it's a lot of what-if or straight-up Wargaming creations. These cruisers will work as torpedo-focused ships with high speed and low detection range, and the same torpedoes as the European destroyers with high speed but low damage. At the top of the European cruisers line, here is the tier X, Vanadis. Historical background In the same vein as Tirfing, there is no real historical background to speak of for Vanadis. It is, again, a hypothetical development of the Tre Kronor-class with increased firepower, torpedo armament, and anti-air to be a match against Soviet cruisers. We got Tre Kronor, Tirfing was Tre Kronorer, and Vanadis is Tre Kronorest. This class could have been built to replace the obsolete coastal defen...

Update 15.8 will bring to the game a new line of cruisers. These will be the European cruisers with ships from nations such as Sweden, Poland, Greece, Sweden and, you guessed it, Sweden. There is only one ship that was actually built, being the tier VI, and for the rest, it's a lot of what-if or straight-up Wargaming creations. These cruisers will work as torpedo-focused ships with high speed and low detection range, and the same torpedoes as the European destroyers with high speed but low damage. As per usual, Sweden is Wargaming's preferred nation in Europe, so we get an extra serving of Ikea meatballs with this new line of cruisers. Here is the Tier IX, Tirfing. Historical background There isn't much historical background to speak of for Tirfing.  Effectively, she is a hypothetical follow-up to the Tre Kronor-class that we have at Tier VI. The idea behind this ship is that Sweden would have gone for a design of cruiser with higher firepower to counter the Chapayev and S...