Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]feb. 11,1942: On this day, the German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, as well as the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, escape from the French port of Brest and make a mad dash up the English Channel to safety in German waters. Very embarrassing for the Royal Navy _http://www.datesinhistory.com/cgi-bin/bigphp.phtml?v1=feb11_ (http://www.datesinhistory.com/cgi-bin/bigphp.phtml?v1=feb11) regards, bob cole