Channel Dash
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The Channel Dash was a German naval operation during the Second World War. A Kriegsmarine squadron, comprising two Scharnhorst-class battleships, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eug
35 Squadron Halifax bombers over Brest, 1941
Bristol Beaufort torpedo-bombers of 217 Squadron, RAF Coastal Command
Satellite photograph of the western English Channel between south-west England and north-west France
Scharnhorst in 1939
Operation Berlin (Atlantic)
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Operation Berlin was a raid conducted by the two German Scharnhorst-class battleships against Allied shipping in the North Atlantic between 22 January and 22 March 1941. It formed part of the Battle o
The German battleship Gneisenau in 1939; she served as the flagship for Operation Berlin
Vice Admiral Günther Lütjens in April 1940
HMS Ramillies in 1939
The Force H with the battlecruiser HMS Renown and the carrier HMS Ark Royal (picture taken from HMS Sheffield).