Capitaine Vengeur Posted February 11, 2012 Posted February 11, 2012 http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/scharnhorst/history/scharncerberus.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Dash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Donnerkeil Editorial in The Times of London: "Vice Admiral Ciliax has succeeded where the Duke of Medina Sidonia failed. Nothing more mortifying to the pride of our seapower has happened since the seventeenth century. [...] It spelled the end of the Royal Navy legend that in wartime no enemy battle fleet could pass through what we proudly call the English Channel." Quote
Derk Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 It was an amazing feat, so full of coïncidences, sheer good- and bad luck. Stirred up a lot of Luftwaffe activity in our country too..... Quote
macelena Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 Emden, Schanhorst...those ships had their stories printed in History Quote
TX3RN0BILL Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 It was Galland's first big ops if I'm not mistaken... though the low cloud-ceiling really helped keeping the air powers at bay... It really was fated to be! Quote
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