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Aktungbby · 11-27-22, 11:28 AM

1942: during WWII, the Vichy French Navy scuttled its ships and submarines in Toulon to keep them out of German hands. At the onset of the allied invasion of North Africa, Operation Torch, the Nazis launch Operation Anton, essentially removing Vichy as a nominally independent state. French admiral, Gabriel Auphan, correctly surmising the german true intent to commandeer the French fleet, ordered its scuttling. 164 vessels: 3 battleships, 7 cruisers, 18 destroyers, 13 torpedo boats 6 sloops, 9 patrol boats, 18 auxiliary ships, 28 tugs, 39 small ships; all scuttled at a cost of 12 killed and 26 wounded. Considering the effect such a massive material addition to the Kriegsmarine would have made in Nazi domination of the confines of the Mediterranean Sea during the Allied effort against Rommel and resupply/strategic control issues to the AfrikaKorps, this single action ranks as one of the Allies' greatest naval victories of WWII. The key to winning WWII was always keeping Germany a "land animal" unable to "rule the waves".

11-27-22, 11:28 AM	#4379
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 28,007 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	1942: during WWII, the Vichy French Navy scuttled its ships and submarines in Toulon to keep them out of German hands. At the onset of the allied invasion of North Africa, Operation Torch, the Nazis launch Operation Anton, essentially removing Vichy as a nominally independent state. French admiral, Gabriel Auphan, correctly surmising the german true intent to commandeer the French fleet, ordered its scuttling. 164 vessels: 3 battleships, 7 cruisers, 18 destroyers, 13 torpedo boats 6 sloops, 9 patrol boats, 18 auxiliary ships, 28 tugs, 39 small ships; all scuttled at a cost of 12 killed and 26 wounded. Considering the effect such a massive material addition to the Kriegsmarine would have made in Nazi domination of the confines of the Mediterranean Sea during the Allied effort against Rommel and resupply/strategic control issues to the AfrikaKorps, this single action ranks as one of the Allies' greatest naval victories of WWII. The key to winning WWII was always keeping Germany a "land animal" unable to "rule the waves". __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe" Last edited by Aktungbby; 11-27-22 at 12:06 PM.