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Lurks Often

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2. An unfortunate, but necessary decision

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Mon Nov 4, 2013, 09:21 AM

Nov 2013

If the Germans had the French Navy's warships it could very well have changed the course of the war in Europe.

As it is, it is only a combination of the Royal Navy's extreme aggressiveness and the tentative handling of the major surface units of the Italian and German navies that allowed the British to keep their sea lanes open.

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