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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 69748 Operation "Cerberus", February 1942 German battleships in the English Channel, en route from Brest to Wilhelmshaven, 12 February 1942. Photographed from the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen. The battleship Gneisenau is in the center, with Scharnhorst in the distance, to the left. Copied from the report of officers of Prinz Eugen, with some identification by her Gunnery Officer, Paul S. Schmalenbach, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 415 pixels

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7 March 2001