"Operation Safari & How The Danish Scuttled Their Own Navy" Topic
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| Tango01 | 21 Jan 2019 12:07 p.m. PST |
"It is well known among those who study World War II that Vichy France scuttled its own navy in Toulon on November 27, 1942 as the Germans were approaching the port to seize the fleet. When the Germans had invaded Vichy France, Vichy Secretary of the Navy defected to join the Free French and his replacement, Admiral Auphan, guessing that Germany wanted the French fleet, ordered that it be scuttled. However, that was not the only time during World War II in which a nation scuttled its own ships rather than let the enemy seize them. The Danish Navy did the same thing to keep the Germans from capturing Denmark's fleet…."
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