The 500-lb Strike That Turned Germany's Super-Ship Into Scrap

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As an RAF reconnaissance Spitfire patrols over the English Channel, its pilot suddenly spots something down below that makes him double-take. The impossible is happening: a massive formation of German warships is boldly charging up the Channel in broad daylight, just miles from Britain’s coastline. At the heart of the formation, her nine 11-inch guns bursting through the mist, is the beastly battleship Gneisenau, the maritime marauder infamous for her savage hit-and-run attacks on Allied shipping across the Atlantic. As the Spitfire pilot radios through to base, his report is met with stunned silence. Gneisenau is supposed to be pinned down in Brest harbor - not escaping to continue her reign of terror. Panic erupts across southern England. Torpedo bombers are scrambled. Destroyers weigh anchor. Shore battery crews race to battle stations. The monster is slipping away - and she must be stopped at all costs…