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cyberia;15403]You know, that makes more sense than another take that I have read yet on this story. The panzer crew might very well have come across a civilian ship with either British troops on board or perhaps even arty firing at the shore line (kill claims could only be granted on aggressive targets).
They sunk it and propaganda decided they could "expand" on the story.
Nice deducing there, Bob!
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Thanks Paul, I hope I'm right. I've never trust the media with military matters.
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Reminds me of the French General captured at the start of the 1940 campaign. The French claimed he was taken prisoner by a column of tanks, the Germans claimed he was captured by a field kitchen unit.
The poor guy was probably taken by a Herr patrol and both sides were just making the most of it.
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Yup The ol'saying the first casuality of war is the truth!
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 But I have to ask. How much damage does a SAM do to a whale?
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Lets put it this way, the OPS boys said whatever it was, was big and when the SAM connected both disappeared......contacts gone. We really have no idea what is was, so the joke was a whale.
