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Operation ZZ

Postby ozzy72 » Fri Nov 21, 2014 8:54 am

I'd not realised it was SO many ships!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30128199
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Re: Operation ZZ

Postby Webb » Fri Nov 21, 2014 8:59 pm

How large was the force that Karl Dönitz surrendered?
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Re: Operation ZZ

Postby Anthindelahunt » Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:19 am

That is an incredible amount of warships! Wow!
Thanks for bringing it up.

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Re: Operation ZZ

Postby Hagar » Sat Nov 22, 2014 4:18 am

Webb wrote:How large was the force that Karl Dönitz surrendered?

I thought it odd that there's no mention of that. Here's a list of the surface fleet --> http://www.scapamap.org/history.php

This does not include some 200 U-Boats surrendered at Harwich on 8th November --> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-29952848

Another article with photos & a film clip here --> http://forces.tv/75984784
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Re: Operation ZZ

Postby Webb » Sun Nov 23, 2014 10:13 pm

Dönitz was the Grand Admiral of the Naval High Command and Reichspräsident (successor to Hitler) in Weimar/Nazi Germany who surrendered in 1945. His navy surely dwarfed that of the 1918 Imperial German Navy.
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Re: Operation ZZ

Postby Hagar » Mon Nov 24, 2014 4:06 am

Webb wrote:Dönitz was the Grand Admiral of the Naval High Command and Reichspräsident (successor to Hitler) in Weimar/Nazi Germany who surrendered in 1945. His navy surely dwarfed that of the 1918 Imperial German Navy.

Ah yes, of course. :oops:

This is the best I can find on the subject.

Surface Fleet http://www.naval-history.net/WW2CampaignsGermanWarships.htm

U-Boats http://www.secondworldwarni.org/details.aspx?id=2&pagerecordid=1469&themeid=2
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