Reading this, and the replies made me think of the Commando/Royal Navy raid on St. Nazaire during WWII. Point being that dry docks that can service the largest ships become a strategic asset. The Brits went to a lot of trouble to take out the Normandie dry dock at St. Nazaire, because it was the only facility that could handle the Tirpitz and its destruction basically took Tirpitz out of the war. Five Victoria Crosses were awarded, including one on a recommendation of a German officer.
Jeremy Clarkson did a special on it and I believe it can be found on YouTube.
I love Jeremy Clarkson because he is a funny guy, but I am a bit wary of learning from him in topics I don’t know about already.
It’s because he likes to make jokes and he always bends the facts around to the goal of his joke fitting in perfectly. If you already know the facts then you can appreciate the joke, but right now I am worried about learning something that he just pulled out of the thin air to make his joke work.