Photo #: NH 69749
Operation "Cerberus", February 1942
German heavy ships steaming up the English Channel, en route
from Brest to Wilhelmshaven, 12 February 1942. Photographed from
the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, with the battleship Gneisenau
next ahead and the Scharnhorst in the distance,.
Copied from the report of officers of Prinz Eugen, with
some identification by her Gunnery Officer, Paul S. Schmalenbach,
1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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