Pocket Battleships were a term to describe larger warships that were listed as light enough to qualify for the requirements under Versailles treaty. Of course, they exceeded the requirements. Bismarck was created after Germany officially tore up the treaty.
Revealed after 70 years: Dambusters legend was shot down by BRITISH airman.
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That is a heavy guilt to have had to live with.
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Indeed, it must have been terrible to arrive at such a conclusion.
But I wouldn’t be surprised if this had been more or less known in RAF circles at the time. At least, part of the article suggests that they were unconvinced it was a German plane. Are we looking at a cover-up here?
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This is very sad. It happened way to often.





