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Luftwaffe Fotoalbum
...a substantial target worth hitting
On the night of 13/14 February 1945, RAF Bomber Command carried out a raid on the city of Dresden, the capital of Saxony, Germany. For all intents and purposes, this was a standard mission undertaken in much the same way as any other sortie...
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HMAS Sydney and Kormeran found
Sailing from Sumatra back to Fremantle in November 1941, the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney encountered a Dutch freighter off the West Australian coast.
The freighter turned out to be the disguised German mercantile raider Kormoran.
After an ensuing fight, the Sydney went down with all hands, the reasons for which have been debated ever since.
First the Kormoran, then over night the Sydney have been found by research organisation, Finding Sydney Foundation.
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