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Originally Posted by misha1967
There's a reason the German boats took the scenic route around Scotland until they got their new bases in France (which is the same reason that they were in quite a hurry to build those new bases).  |
There was also the little fact that High Command gave very specific orders that they were under no circumstances to use the Channel.
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