Fiasco: The Breakout of the German Battleships (1971) By John Deane Potter
 
Operation Cerberus was the name given to major naval operation during WWII in which a German Kriegsmarine fleet consisting of Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Prinz Eugen, supported by a number of smaller ships sailed from Brest, France to their home bases in Germany via the English Channel.
 
On 2/11/42, the ships left Brest at 21.15 & escaped detection for more than twelve hours, approaching the Straits of Dover without check. Despite British attacks by the Royal Air Force, the Fleet Air Arm & Coastal Artillery, by 2/13 all the ships had completed their transit.
 
The action has entered history as the "Channel Dash". Illustrated with a map of the English channel & the North Sea & eight pages of black & white photos.
 
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
235 Pages
In Good Condition