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Originally Posted by Bart150  The point, Gage, is that the Germans could choose between:
- keep the Tirpitz in Norway; for certain, thereby tie down a couple of British capital ships (which was as good as sinking them) - at relatively low risk
- or send the Tirpitz to the high seas, hope to cause devastation there, but run the risk of suffering the fate of the Bismarck.
It wouldn't be surprising if they preferred the first strategy. If so, they would never need the dock at St Nazaire. |
I suppose hindsight is a wonderful thing. The Germans wouldn't have left the Tirpitz in Norway forever and Churchill couldn't take the chance.
And why did the RAF go to so much trouble to sink the Tirpitz with a tall boy?