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    If I remember the British response was, pardon me, an absolute balls up.

    The Germans slipped out of Brest at night undetected as the radars on the RAF reconnaisance aircraft failed. Only about 40 bombers found the ships and all missed, the coastal batteries missed, destroyers that should have been waiting were stationed out of range in the North Sea. The German flotilla was ultimately engaged by just six Swordfish, which of course, had no chance. A VC or two were awarded that day to those brave pilots.

    Ultimately a major German flotilla successfully slipped past Dover with very little damage.

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