Is this a reference to the "channel dash" you have mentioned in the past? If so, I hope I got some coverage to post in coming days. I wasn't looking for anything special for this period. Can you give me a little background? I don't know the story to this point, just that Scharnhorst and Gneisenau have been hunting in the Atlantic.
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau encountered several convoys escorted by lone battleships, but their orders from Berlin, coupled with the fact they only had 11-inch guns compared to the British battlewagons' 15-inchers, forced them to leave these convoys alone and go after more vulnerable targets.
I’m thinking PzLdr is thinking of Rommel and the Afrika Korps in North Africa.
The first part of this year has looked pretty good for the British. They are clearly about to oust the Italians from East Africa and have been making good advances across Libya. Basically, they have finally found a foe that they can defeat, the Italians. Unfortunately, they still have not shown that they can take on the Germans and they are about to face them again not only if Africa but in Greece as well.
Nope. I’m referring to the DAK, and their first “race” across Cyrenacia, the beginning of Rommelkrieg.
The Channel Dash won’t occur for almost a year. The SCHARNHORST, GNIESENAU and PRINZ EUGEN will “run” the Channel back to Germany in daylight, with damage to SCHARNHORST and GNIESENAU. Churchill will face a ‘no confidence’ vote as a result.