[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Winston S. Churchill, Their Finest Hour

[tlb]

The interesting thing to consider is how small these old ships were. Taking the claims at face value, that’s an average tonnage of 4300 per merchant vessel sunk.

Compared to an average modern container ship running in the 150,000 ton range.

[ichabod1]

Ooh. . . I just watched/heard about this in a documentary I was watching over the weekend on the British air defences. They really got caught with their knickers around their ankles on this one, eh what? The nazis claimed to have sunk the whole convoy of 36 vessels, but the Brits claimed it was “only” 15-20. Still, a bloody awful mess, I dare say, don’t I?