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The Viking
I came across a part of history I didn't know much about. When the British evacuated their forces from Norway they did a mistake, or rather an accumulation of mistakes. The British intelligence knew the German battle group with Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were somewhere in the area. However, the information never reached the captain on HMS Glorious nor any other naval commander in the northern Atlantic. The captain of HMS Glorious was a ship captain and it had been much better if he was a captain of cruiser or battleship instead. He had a conflict with his wing commander as well. HMS Glorious never had any air patrols up and that might contributed to the sinking of HMS Glorious and her two escort destroyers.
So, was the sinking of HMS Glorious avoidable and the can we blame an information overload for why the naval commanders never got a warning in time? The British intelligence had a lot to do at that time when the Germans attacked the low countries and France as well.
So, was the sinking of HMS Glorious avoidable and the can we blame an information overload for why the naval commanders never got a warning in time? The British intelligence had a lot to do at that time when the Germans attacked the low countries and France as well.