11 February 1942 A.D. BREST, France: German Battleships GNEISENAU & SCHARNHORST and Heavy Cruiser PRINZ EUGEN Make a Break ("The Dash") from Brest to English Channel to German Waters
11 February 1942 A.D. BREST, France: German Battleships GNEISENAU & SCHARNHORST and Heavy Cruiser PRINZ EUGEN Make a Break ("The Dash") from Brest to English Channel to German Waters Editors. “ 1942 – German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, as well as the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, escape from the French port of Brest and make a mad dash up the English Channel to safety in German waters .” This Day in U.S. Military History. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/february-11/ . Accessed 10 Feb 2015. 1942 – German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, as well as the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, escape from the French port of Brest and make a mad dash up the English Channel to safety in German waters. The Gneisenau and Scharnhorst had been anchored at Brest since March 1941. The Prinz Eugen had been tied to the French port since the Bismarck sortie in May 1941, when it and the battleship Bismarck made their own mad dash through the Atlanti...