GREAT STROKE OF WAR
CRIPPLING OF THE TIRPITZ.
ACHIEVEMENT OF-MIDGET SUBMARINES.
(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, October 13.
Explaining why the crippling of the Tirpitz by midget submarines was one of the greatest strokes of the war. Admiral Sir. William James, chief of naval information, broadcasting said that first, she was the most powerful battleship in the German Fleet and the nucleus of any German squadron going to sea with serious intentions. Secondly, she was the pride of the German Navy and had been launched in Hitler's presence. Thirdly, if she were loose in the Atlantic she could do more damage to our convoys in one night than U-boats had done in the last three months. It was to prevent her reaching convoy routes that the Home Fleet had been guarding the exits from the North Sea into the' Atlantic daily. We would have been disappointed but not surprised if the attack had failed as the odds againt our men were heavy.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 October 1943, Page 3
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