[PzLdr]

To paraphrase ark Twain, I think reports of GNIESENAU’s demise are somewhat premature.

While she won’t have the career of her sister ship, GNIESENAU will, I think, be around for awhile longer. She may even show up in Norwegian waters again. Say around Jume...

[toddausauras]

Was she part of that Channel dash?

[Oztrich Boy]

Fog of war. The article reports the sinking occurring in Oslo Harbour. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were covering the landings at Trondheim and never went near Oslo.

The heavy cruiser Blücher. on the other hand did

And German navy heavy units looked very similar

Blücher

Gneisenau