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Scharnhorst Action

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1940

Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann8 June 1940

Norwegian Sea · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Commands Scharnhorst during the sinking of HMS Glorious.

Names involved

Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann

Provenance

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