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Originally Posted by Otto Fuhrmann
It is crazy how many where lost going through the Gibraltar Straits, you think they would have stopped sending boats through there.
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Ninety-three boats attempted to pass the Straight of Gibraltar. Sixty-two made it, thirty-one didn't. Only one survived the trip both ways. Considering what they accomplished there, BdU probably thought it was an acceptable risk.
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