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arrow-up1123imageI get it, the Sabaton song was great, but it wasn't that coolthelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareDr. Bob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-25 months agoThis is it. They had to get it before it was in open ocean. This is pre-radar and there would be no aerial observations. It would have to be found by visual contact and coordination would be by radio.
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoOn the contrary, they had radar. That’s how they found Bismarck: Swordfish with ASV II sets.
minus-squareDr. Bob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoMy bad. I was remembering the spotting of the oil slick and forgetting other stuff.
This is it. They had to get it before it was in open ocean.
This is pre-radarand there would be no aerial observations. It would have to be found by visual contact and coordination would be by radio.On the contrary, they had radar. That’s how they found Bismarck: Swordfish with ASV II sets.
My bad. I was remembering the spotting of the oil slick and forgetting other stuff.