To: Ronin
All available evidence is that Kormoran broke out German colours just before it opened fire, and so acted entirely appropriately within the rules and conventions of war. Nobody can criticise the Germans on those grounds in this case. They were sailing under Dutch colours until the battle began, but they broke out their true colours as battle was joined.
16 posted on
08/11/2009 5:38:46 AM PDT by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975
This is true. And it’s a ploy that both sides used.
17 posted on
08/11/2009 6:15:54 AM PDT by
Ronin
(Nemo me impune lacesset)
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