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hey guys

i have one question.

in which way and to what extent did the Bismarck before AND during the Rheinuebung influence British Naval Tactics, Politics and Strategies???

i would be glad for ur opinions....


miro

hey

i hope u all know the great naval series by Patrick O'Brian...

think about this...
in a battle between the USS Constitution and the HMS Surprise
who would have won?

(note: the Surprise had the crew, with which they chased after the Spartan)

adios

miro

hey whenever i read something about the Scharnhorst, i must think how senseless the sinking of this great ship was! If u assume that the decision of the attack of the convoy was already made...how could the Scharnhorst still have survived??? the aid of the destroyers? the tirpitz? the Luftwaffe? U-B...

hey

does anyone know something about the HMS Vanguard

i heard it being mentioned a few times, as Britain's last battleship, but i never really know anything about it...


miro

hey hmm if i understood u correctly, u want me to analyze the scenario where the hood is sunk and there was NO false torpedo alarm? then i guess to two German ships would have continued shooting at the POW, which then concludes in the sinking of the POW??? if that would have happened i think that th...

hey

but don't u think the prinz eugen could have made a difference when the swrodfishs from the ark royal attacked the bismarck???

if the PE would have been there, there would have been more AA guns and the possibility of a torpedo hit would have decreased!

wat do u think?

miro

hey yeah i used that as well i am actually checking out the US navy at Norfolk lol and the Royal Navy at Portsmouth it's very cool i also found the Charles de Gaulle in Toulon well some of the historic ships i found were the USS Constitution in Boston and the HMS Victory in Porthmouth and of course ...

hey

if the PE would have not been dispatched, would the Bismarck made it home to France???

miro

hey sounds interesting...but if Norfolk AND Suffolk would both take part in the battle, the chances for a german victory would even sink lower... Royal Navy HMS Hood HMS Prince of Wales HMS Norfolk HMS Suffolk Kriegsmarine Bismarck Prinz Eugen wooow that is not equal but ok lets say it still happene...

hey
thanx for the pic

it's really impressive!!!!:!:

thanx

miro

hey first of all antonio! really thanx lol u r really smart and open my eyes... i agree with u in everything lol especially that he did not greet Hitler with the Heil ruf totally convinced me u see we germans do not like Hitler we think that he has brought shame over our country... (if that's expres...

hey all

haha that was really an interesting fact,
the 'Admirals"

hey just one question:
when did the Gneisenau got torpedoed?

i only know of one or several mine hits during the Channel Dash....

miro

hahaha
would be grat if u could find that picture for me????

miro

hey

another szenario
a morelike Midway szenario, but in the Atlantic:

the german graf zeppelin against the british ark royal and victorious

i put two ships on the british side because the airplanes of the graf zeppelin were superior (Bf 109 vs Swordfishes)

kk

miro

hey

wat do u guys think about a battle of one against one of a county cruiser against a hipper cruiser???

miro