as far as i know attacking battleships was forbidden by Fuhrer orders ; that lead once couldn't remember the exact date that lead the Scharnorst and the Gneisenau to break combat with a convoy because the Warspite was part of the said convoy . that also maybe cause the Prince Eugen not to follow the Prince of Wales after the battlle in which the Hood was "fastly" annihilated , the Prince of Wales during the said battle was heavily damaged and there was lot to bet that if one of the two german battleships involved in the battle the Bismark or the Prince Eugen had chased it won't have lasted long
Edit : Gneisenau not Lutzow
Last edited by jpm1; 11-06-08 at 05:01 PM.
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