Created by Tom Horn on 26 May 2009, Last Update on 26 May 2009

Scharnhost and Gneisenau - 21 Nov 1939

German battlecruisers cruise the North Atlantic on commerce raiding mission for the first time. Scharnhorst's first wartime operation was a sortie into the Iceland-Faroes passage

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Tags : Europe,Germany,Combat,Naval

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