I’ve been researching France in World War 2 recently, and I stumbled upon this article on JSTOR:
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Blocking Tripoli Harbour
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What’s your thoughts one this operation. The British used a similar tactic in WWI blocking the U-Boat and destroyer base at Zeebrugge with the use of an old cruiser and a few lighter ships.
The Germans invaded Crete and the Barham was damage by a Stuka’s bomb before Churchill plan could be put into effect. The battleship was repaired and later sunk by U-331.
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Hi Worsham. I can only say it seems like a waste of a good ship, though it seems an unlucky one! I enjoyed reading about its history, but could not find any info on Churchill’s plan.
I put those (nasty) Italians would have found a way around it, if this had been implemented, but understand Tripoli was very important to their supply requirements in Africa. -
@wittmann:
Hi Worsham. I can only say it seems like a waste of a good ship, though it seems an unlucky one! I enjoyed reading about its history, but could not find any info on Churchill’s plan.
I put those (nasty) Italians would have found a way around it, if this had been implemented, but understand Tripoli was very important to their supply requirements in Africa. -
Thank you.
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